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1rate — The cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the… …
2Rate of return — In finance, rate of return (ROR), also known as return on investment (ROI), rate of profit or sometimes just return, is the ratio of money gained or lost (whether realized or unrealized) on an investment relative to the amount of money invested.… …
3rate of climb indicator — noun An instrument installed in an aircraft that indicates the rate at which the aircraft is gaining or losing altitude …
4interest rate — The monthly effective interest rate. For example, the periodic rate on a credit card with an 18% annual percentage rate is 1.5% per month. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * interest rate ˈinterest ˌrate noun [countable] FINANCE the percentage… …
5Constant rate factor — (CRF) is a x264 s single pass encoding method. Contents 1 Overview 2 Technical details 3 Not a common knowledge 4 See also …
6Twist rate — is a gun term that refers to the rate of twist of a gun barrel s rifling grooves.Fact|date=February 2007It is usually expressed as a ratio of one twist per n inches or centimeters.For example, a 1:7 twist rate means one complete rotation in… …
7Topple rate — is a name of a ratio of speed at which firms lose their leadership positions. It was believed that it was originally created by Jack Percival following losing his job. The Wall Street Journal article that appeared on September 9, 2007 attributes… …
8fighting a losing battle — phrase trying to achieve something that you will probably not be able to achieve Police are fighting a losing battle against the rising crime rate. Thesaurus: likely to failsynonym Main entry: fight …
9exchange rate exposure — UK US noun [U] ► FINANCE a company s risk of losing money because it may have to buy a currency at a higher price using a currency that has fallen in value: »By paying VAT in euros, we have been able to limit our exchange rate exposure …
10fighting a losing battle — trying to achieve something that you will probably not be able to achieve Police are fighting a losing battle against the rising crime rate …
