"interest rate swap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: interest rate swaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=interest rate swap}} interest rate swap (plural interest rate swaps)
  1. (finance) A contract to exchange the benefit of one interest rate with another. Often a fixed interest rate is exchanged for a variable rate so as to allow one party to remove an exposure to a variable rate for which they pay a premium on the fixed rate in order to compensate for this 'insurance'. The two rates can also be based on different currencies. Wikipedia link: interest rate swap Categories (topical): Finance Related terms: swaption Translations (financial contract): koronvaihtosopimus (Finnish), Zinsswap [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-interest_rate_swap-en-noun-ZiQg-KcL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, finance

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