money interest
81interest — 1) The charge made for borrowing a sum of money. The interest rate is the charge made, expressed as a percentage of the total sum loaned, for a stated period of time (usually one year). Thus, a rate of interest of 15% per annum means that for… …
82interest*/*/*/ — [ˈɪntrəst] noun I 1) [singular/U] a feeling of wanting to know about or take part in something an interest in politics[/ex] Apparently several buyers have expressed an interest in the deal.[/ex] People are losing interest in the election.[/ex] 2) …
83interest — The charge made for borrowing a sum of money. The interest rate is the charge made, expressed as a percentage of the total sum loaned, for a stated period of time (usually one year). Thus, a rate of interest of 15% per annum means that for every… …
84money supply — monetary stock The quantity of money issued by a country s monetary authorities (usually the central bank). If the demand for money is stable, the widely accepted quantity theory of money implies that increases in the money supply will lead… …
85money supply — A measure of the amount of cash and credit in general circulation within the economy available to purchase goods, services and securities. The broadest measure is M4, the aggregate of money held in notes and coins, the total amount lent by… …
86interest — In finance, a commission paid by borrowers to creditors for the use of money belonging to the latter. The money being loaned (as opposed to the interest charged) is known as the principal. The interest to be charged is usually stated in… …
87interest — A right in, or share of, something. Concern. The compensation allowed by law, or fixed by the parties, for the use, detention, or forbearance of money or its equivalent. 30 Am J Rev ed Int § 2. Compensation payable on a contractual basis or… …
88Money trail — The phrase money trail is a catch phrase, used to describe the source of funding for a politician or interest group. Such funding sources are not always obvious and is often only discovered through investigation by journalists, government… …
89interest — {{11}}interest (n.) mid 15c., legal claim or right; concern; benefit, advantage; earlier interesse (late 14c.), from Anglo Fr. interesse what one has a legal concern in, from M.L. interesse compensation for loss, noun use of L. interresse to… …
90interest rate — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms interest rate : singular interest rate plural interest rates economics the percentage that an institution such as a bank charges or pays you in interest when you borrow money from it or keep money in an account …
