lending at interest
1Interest — Interest † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Interest Notion of interest Interest is a value exacted or promised over and above the restitution of a borrowed capital. ♦ Moratory interest, that is interest due as an indemnity or a… …
2interest — the cost of borrowing money. Glossary of Business Terms What is paid to a lender for the use of his money and includes compensation to the lender for three factors: 1) Time value of money (lender s rate) the value of today s dollar is more than… …
3Interest — The price paid for borrowing money. It is expressed as a percentage rate over a period of time and reflects the rate of exchange of present consumption for future consumption. Also, a share or title in property. The New York Times Financial… …
4interest — 1. The cost of borrowing *money, or the *reward for lending money. Interest is calculated by applying an *interest rate to a sum of money. See also *compound interest, *simple interest, *Islamic finance, and *usury. 2. A legal right or a share in …
5interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim …
6lending 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… …
7lending 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 …
8lending 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 …
9lending 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 …
10lending at a rate — interest paid to a customer on the credit balance received from a short sale. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
