bank rates
1bank rate — ➔ rate1 * * * bank rate UK US noun [C] BANKING, FINANCE ► the rate of interest that is set by a central bank, and which is the lowest rate at which it lends money to other banks. This rate affects the interest rates which are then charged to… …
2bank rate — bank rates N COUNT The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country s central bank. ...a sterling crisis …
3Bank rate — For the company, see Bankrate. Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on the loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the …
4bank rate — noun the discount rate fixed by a central bank • Hypernyms: ↑discount rate, ↑discount, ↑bank discount * * * noun Etymology: bank (IV) : the discount rate fixed by a central bank (as by the Bank of England) …
5Bank Rate — The interest rate at which a nation s central bank lends money to domestic banks. Often these loans are very short in duration. Managing the bank rate is a preferred method by which central banks can regulate the level of economic activity. Lower …
6bank rate — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bank rate : singular bank rate plural bank rates the rate of interest that banks use to calculate how much interest to charge on money they lend to each other rather than to their customers See: base rate …
7Bank of England — Bank of England …
8Bank of Japan — 日本銀行 (Japanese) …
9Bank of Estonia — Eesti Pank (Estonian) …
10Bank of Thailand — ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (ธปท.) Seal of the Bank of Thailand …
