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  • 1bank lending rate — UK US noun [C] BANKING, FINANCE ► the lowest rate of interest at which banks can lend money to other banks: »The overnight bank lending rate remained unchanged at 5% …

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  • 2lending rate — UK US noun [C] BANKING, FINANCE, ECONOMICS ► the rate of interest that a bank or other financial organization charges for borrowing money: »Iceland s central bank raised its key lending rate to 13.5%. cut/raise/increase the lending rate… …

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  • 3lending rate — UK [ˈlendɪŋ ˌreɪt] US noun [countable] [singular lending rate plural lending rates] economics a percentage that a bank charges a customer who borrows money Thesaurus: general w …

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  • 4Bank of England minimum lending rate — ➔ rate1 …

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  • 5lending rate — lending rates N COUNT The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan. The bank left its lending rates unchanged …

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  • 6lending rate — n the rate of ↑interest 1(4) that you have to pay to a bank or other financial institution when you borrow money from them = ↑interest rate …

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  • 7lending rate — UK [ˈlendɪŋ ˌreɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms lending rate : singular lending rate plural lending rates economics a percentage that a bank charges a customer who borrows money …

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  • 8minimum lending rate — ➔ rate1 * * * minimum lending rate UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION MLR) BANKING, FINANCE ► BASE RATE(Cf. ↑base rate): » …

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  • 9prime lending rate — The lowest rate of interest that a financial institution, such as a bank, charges its best customers, usually large corporations, for short term unsecured loans. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. prime lending rate …

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  • 10key lending rate — UK US noun [C] BANKING, FINANCE, ECONOMICS ► one of the main interest rates set by a central bank (= a country s official bank), influencing the rates of banks that offer services to businesses and the public: »The central bank halved its key… …

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