compensating balance
noun [C]Definition
› BANKING the amount of money that a customer who has taken out a loan with a bank or who uses the bank's services, has to keep in an account. This money does not earn interest: Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements.
(Definition of compensating balance noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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