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  • 81rate — Proportional or relative value, measure, or degree. The proportion or standard by which quantity or .value is adjusted. Thus, the rate of interest is the proportion or ratio between the principal and interest; the buildings in a town are rated… …

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  • 82Fixed-For-Fixed Swaps — An arrangement between two parties (known as counterparties) in which both parties pay a fixed interest rate that they could not otherwise obtain outside of a swap arrangement. To understand how investors benefit from these types of arrangements …

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  • 83rate — I. /reɪt / (say rayt) noun 1. a certain quantity or amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing and used as a standard or measure: at the rate of 60 kilometres an hour. 2. a fixed charge per unit of quantity: a rate of… …

  • 84Fixed-Interest Security — A debt instrument such as a bond, debenture or gilt edged bond that investors use to loan money to a company in exchange for interest payments. A fixed interest security pays a specified rate of interest that does not change over the life of the… …

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  • 85Rate of profit — In economics and finance, the profit rate is the relative profitability of an investment project, of a capitalist enterprise, or of the capitalist economy as a whole. It is similar to the concept of the rate of return on investment. In Marxian… …

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  • 86rate — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a stated numerical proportion between two sets of things (the second usu. expressed as unity), esp. as a measure of amount or degree (moving at a rate of 50 miles per hour) or as the basis of calculating an amount or value (rate… …

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  • 87Fixed Exchange Rate — A country s exchange rate regime under which the government or central bank ties the official exchange rate to another country s currency (or the price of gold). The purpose of a fixed exchange rate system is to maintain a country s currency… …

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  • 88Rate-monotonic scheduling — In computer science, rate monotonic scheduling [citation|first1=C. L.|last1=Liu|authorlink1=Chung Laung Liu|first2=J.|last2=Layland|title=Scheduling algorithms for multiprogramming in a hard real time environment|journal=Journal of the ACM|volume …

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  • 89rate — {{11}}rate (n.) estimated value or worth, early 15c., from M.Fr. rate price, value, from M.L. rata (pars) fixed (amount), from L. rata fixed, settled, fem. pp. of reri to reckon, think (see REASON (Cf. reason) (n.)). Meaning degree of speed (prop …

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  • 90rate — I. verb (rated; rating) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to rebuke angrily or violently 2. obsolete to drive away by scolding intransitive verb to voice angry reprimands II …

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