lending rate
noun [C] (also interest rate) mainly UKDefinition
› the amount that a bank charges on money that it lends: Banks have raised their lending rates by two percent.Savings, interest and capitalBorrowing, lending and debt
(Definition of lending rate noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- base rate noun
- capital intensive adjective
- capital noun (MONEY)
- capitalization noun (MONEY)
- coffer noun
- collateral noun
- compound adjective
- fund noun
- interest noun (MONEY)
- interest rate noun
- money noun
- nest egg noun
- Premium Bond noun
- principal noun (MONEY)
- purse noun (AMOUNT TO SPEND)
- return verb (EXCHANGE)
- saving noun
- sinking fund noun
- the smart money noun
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