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the CML

 
 
noun PROPERTY, FINANCE

Definition

abbreviation for Council of Mortgage Lenders: a professional organization in the UK for lenders and others involved in loans to buy houses: The CML said the average variable rate on new loans in May was 5.53%.
(Definition of the CML noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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