negative interest rate

noun [C] MONEY, BANKING

Definition

› an interest rate below zero, in which the person, bank, etc. lending the money pays interest to the one borrowing the money: Why should savers be prepared to accept a negative interest rate on savings?

(Definition of negative interest rate noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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