"base rate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: base rates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} base rate (plural base rates)
  1. (finance) A benchmark interest rate, from which other interest rates are calculated; a policy rate. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-base_rate-en-noun-en:benchmark_interest_rate_for_policy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 41 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 41 24 Topics: business, finance
  2. (finance) A benchmark interest rate, from which other interest rates are calculated; a policy rate.
    (finance, UK) Especially, the interest rate at which the Bank of England lends money to commercial banks.
    Tags: UK Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-base_rate-en-noun-en:benchmark_interest_rate_for_policy1 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 41 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 41 24 Topics: business, finance
  3. (sciences) The background rate of occurrence of any phenomenon, which informs any logical analysis of its rate of occurrence under any subset of circumstances; especially, the proportion of individuals in a population who have a certain characteristic (e.g., trait, experience, circumstance), irrespective of any treatment effects in a treatment group of a scientific study. Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-base_rate-en-noun-en:background_rate_of_occurrence Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 41 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 41 24 Topics: sciences

Inflected forms

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