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noun
A benchmark interest rate, from which other interest rates are calculated; a policy rate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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noun
A benchmark interest rate, from which other interest rates are calculated; a policy rate.
Especially, the interest rate at which the Bank of England lends money to commercial banks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: business, finance
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: sciences
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noun
the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: interest rate, rate of interest
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