†(a) a duty payable on imported goods (obsolete rare); (b) Banking (originally U.S.) the rate of interest at which money may be borrowed…
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest > rate of interest (17) prime rate1815 †(a) a duty payable on imported goods (obsolete rare); (b) Banking (originally U.S.) the rate of interest at which money may be borrowed… usage1822 Interest on money lent; rate of interest; = usance, n. 5b. mortgage rate1898 the rate of interest charged by a mortgagee on a loan secured by mortgage, esp. a common rate of interest on such loans agreed among building… savings rate1904 (a) the interest rate paid on savings; (b) a measure of the amount of money set aside (by a person, group, country, etc.) from income for the purpose… saving rate1905 (a) the interest rate paid on savings; = savings rate n. (a) at compounds 2b; (b) = savings rate n. (b) at compounds 2b. discount rate1913 Banking and Finance. The minimum interest rate set by the U.S. Federal Reserve (and some other national banks) for lending to other banks. Cf. base… base lending rate1933 (a) = base rate, n. 2a; (b) = base rate, n. 2b. prime lending rate1951 = prime rate n. (b). interest-rate1959 attributive and in other combinations, as (sense 4) interest-bound adj.; (sense 7) interest-awaking, interest-compelling adjs.; (sense 10) interest-be… base rate1970 Finance (chiefly British). A rate of interest determined by a financial institution, used as a benchmark for calculating the rates available to… minimum lending rate1972 the minimum percentage at which a central bank will discount bills (introduced in Britain for the Bank of England in 1971, suspended in 1981 but… MLR1972 = minimum lending rate n. at minimum, n. adj.compounds 1. prime1973 Short for prime rate n. at prime, adj. adv.compounds. bank rate1974 (a) any rate of interest charged by a bank; (b) (often with capital initial, sometimes also without article) the rate set by the Bank of England… LIBOR1974 London inter-bank offered rate, the basic rate of interest used in lending between banks on the London inter-bank market. subprime1976 Banking and Finance. Of, relating to, or designating a (usually short-term) commercial lending rate which is lower than the prime rate and… Euribor1997 A proprietary name for: the basic rate of interest used in lending between banks on the European Union interbank market and also used as a… |
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