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101rate — English has two words rate. The commoner, ‘relative quantity’ [15], comes via Old French rate from medieval Latin rata ‘calculated, fixed’, as used in the expression pro rata parte ‘according to a fixed part, proportionally’. This was the… …
102rate — 1 /reIt/ noun (C) 1 SPEED the speed at which something happens over a period of time: Our money was running out at an alarming rate. | Children learn at different rates. (+ of): the rate of economic growth 2 AMOUNT the number of times something… …
103rate — English has two words rate. The commoner, ‘relative quantity’ [15], comes via Old French rate from medieval Latin rata ‘calculated, fixed’, as used in the expression pro rata parte ‘according to a fixed part, proportionally’. This was the… …
104rate — rate1 /rayt/, n., v., rated, rating. n. 1. the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans. 2. a certain quantity or amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another… …
105rate of return — Calculated as the (value now minus value at time of purchase) divided by value at time of purchase. For equities ( equity), we often include dividends with the value now. See also: return, annual rate of return. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * …
106fixed-interest security — A security or bond which offers an annual guaranteed interest payment. There is usually a fixed date at which the bond is redeemed. Exchange Handbook Glossary * * * fixed interest security fixed interest security ➔ security * * * fixed interest… …
107rate of turnover — turnover ratio The frequency, expressed in annual terms, with which some part of the assets of an organization is turned over (i. e. replaced by others of the same class). In order to calculate how frequently stock is turned over, the total sales …
108rate — I [[t]reɪt[/t]] n. v. rat•ed, rat•ing 1) the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans[/ex] 2) a certain amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing: at… …
109fixed exchange rate — A rate of exchange between one currency and another that is fixed by government and maintained by that government s economic policy and its buying or selling its currency to support or depress it. Compare: floating exchange rate …
110fixed exchange rate — A rate of exchange between one currency and another that is fixed by government and maintained by that government s economic policy and its buying or selling its currency to support or depress it. Compare floating exchange rate …
