| 释义 |
prime rateˈprime ˌrate noun [countable]   - At the time of writing, the prime rate is 8 percent and the rate of inflation is under 4 percent.
- That includes containing increases in corporate lending rates like the long-term prime rate.
- The interest rate may be fixed, or it may float with the prime rate.
- The long-term prime rate had been at a record low 2. 6 percent since early December.
- Today, the prime rate is 2. 83 percentage points higher than the yield on a 10-year government note.
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