| 单词 | interest-awaking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinterest-awaking C1. attributive and in other combinations, as (sense 4) interest-bound adj.; (sense 7) interest-awaking, interest-compelling adjs.; (sense 10) interest-bearing, interest charge, interest-equalization, interest policy, interest-rate; interest-free adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable > relating to interest three per cent1753 interest-bearing1894 annualized1906 coupon1949 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest > rate of interest prime rate1815 usage1822 mortgage rate1898 savings rate1904 saving rate1905 discount rate1913 base lending rate1933 prime lending rate1951 interest-rate1959 base rate1970 minimum lending rate1972 MLR1972 prime1973 bank rate1974 LIBOR1974 subprime1976 Euribor1997 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism p. xviii The seductive influence of sinister interest, and interest-begotten prejudice. 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. i. ii. 17 An interest policy is one which shows by its form that the assured has a real, substantial interest in the thing insured. 1894 W. T. Stead in Westm. Gaz. 7 May 2/1 The watchword of the Coxeyite agitation is ‘Death to the interest-bearing bond!’ 1901 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 6/3 The ‘great retrograde, tyrannical, interest-bound party’. 1902 Daily Chron. 17 July 6/4 Its interest-awaking value. 1902 Daily Chron. 6 Aug. 3/2 As interest-compelling..as the amour of a mediæval queen. 1936 L. Wirth & E. A. Shils tr. K. Mannheim Ideol. & Utopia iii. i. 136 The hitherto constantly emphasized interest-bound nature of political thought. 1943 E. Blunden Return to Husbandry iii. 18 This demands ample credit of an interest-free nature. 1957 M. Swan Brit. Guiana iv. 78 Houses which had been built with interest-free loans or with other forms of estate assistance. 1959 E. Pound Thrones xcviii. 42 Byzance lasted longer than Manchu because of an (%) interest-rate. 1963 Daily Tel. 2 Oct. 23/8 The interest-equalisation tax to raise the cost of foreign borrowing in New York. 1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vii/5 The United States's interest-equalization tax of 15 per cent, to be paid by any United States resident buying foreign stocks. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 May 38/3 The company store charged exorbitant prices, but extended interest-free credit. 1974 Times 18 Feb. 14/5 It may..be difficult with such a budget deficit to prevent interest rates from rising. < as lemmas |
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