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interest-free

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not charging interest; not subject to interest payments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • The government is offering interest-free loans for the purchase of energy-efficient appliances.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From interest + -free.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: беспрацэ́нтны (bjespracéntny) — not charging interest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無息 /无息 (wúxī) — not charging interest
  • Czech: bezúročný — not charging interest
  • Danish: rentefri — not charging interest
  • Dutch: renteloos — not charging interest
  • Dutch: rentevrij — not charging interest
  • Finnish: koroton — not charging interest
  • French: sans intérêt — not charging interest
  • German: zinsfrei — not charging interest
  • Hungarian: kamatmentes — not charging interest
  • Japanese: 無利子 (murishi) — not charging interest
  • Māori: huamoni kore — not charging interest
  • Navajo: ínáóltąʼí tʼáá gééd — not charging interest
  • Norman: sans întéthêt — not charging interest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rentefri — not charging interest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rentefri — not charging interest
  • Polish: nieoprocentowany — not charging interest
  • Polish: bezprocentowy — not charging interest
  • Russian: беспроце́нтный (besprocéntnyj) — not charging interest
  • Swedish: räntefri — not charging interest
  • Ukrainian: безвідсотко́вий (bezvidsotkóvyj) — not charging interest
  • Ukrainian: безпроце́нтний (bezprocéntnyj) — not charging interest