"interest rate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: interest rates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} interest rate (plural interest rates)
  1. (finance) The percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year). Wikipedia link: interest rate Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: cost of money Derived forms: key interest rate, policy interest rate Translations (percentage of money charged for its use per some period): سِعْر الْفَائِدَة (siʕr al-fāʔida) (Arabic), tipus d'interès [masculine, plural, singular] (Catalan), taxa d'interès [feminine] (Catalan), 利率 (lìlǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), 利息率 (lìxīlǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), 息率 (xīlǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), úroková sazba [feminine] (Czech), úroková míra [feminine] (Czech), korko (Finnish), taux d’intérêt [masculine] (French), საპროცენტო განაკვეთი (saṗrocenṭo ganaḳveti) (Georgian), Zinssatz [masculine] (German), Zinsfuß [masculine] (German), επιτόκιο (epitókio) [neuter] (Greek), kamatláb (Hungarian), suku bunga (Indonesian), tasso di interesse [masculine] (Italian), 利率 (riritsu) (alt: りりつ) (Japanese), 金利 (kinri) (alt: きんり) (Japanese), пайыздық мөлшерлеме (paiyzdyq mölşerleme) (Kazakh), កំរិតការប្រាក់ (kɑmrət kaa prak) (Khmer), kadar faedah (Malay), rentesats [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rentesats [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نرخ بهره (nerx-e bahre) (Persian), stopa procentowa [feminine] (Polish), taxa de juros [feminine] (Portuguese), проце́нтная ста́вка (procéntnaja stávka) [feminine] (Russian), interés [masculine] (Spanish), tasa de interés [feminine] (Spanish), tipo de interés [masculine] (Spanish), tipo [masculine] (Spanish), räntesats [common-gender] (Swedish), kabilsan ng tubo (Tagalog), проце́нтна ста́вка (procéntna stávka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), відсоткова ставка (vidsotkova stavka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), lãi suất (alt: 𥚥率) (Vietnamese)

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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
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          "alt": "𥚥率",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
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      "word": "سِعْر الْفَائِدَة"
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    },
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      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
      "word": "نرخ بهره"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
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      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "taxa de juros"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "procéntnaja stávka",
      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проце́нтная ста́вка"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interés"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
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      "word": "tasa de interés"
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      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
      "word": "kabilsan ng tubo"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "procéntna stávka",
      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "проце́нтна ста́вка"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidsotkova stavka",
      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "відсоткова ставка"
    },
    {
      "alt": "𥚥率",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "percentage of money charged for its use per some period",
      "word": "lãi suất"
    }
  ],
  "word": "interest rate"
}

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