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The percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cost of money, rate of interest
Antonyms: none provided
the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rate of interest
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rate, charge per unit
Narrower terms: discount rate, discount, bank discount, base rate, prime interest rate, usury, vigorish
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سِعْر الْفَائِدَة
(siʕr al-fāʔida)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Catalan:
tipus d'interès
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Catalan:
taxa d'interès
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Chinese Mandarin:
利率
(lìlǜ)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Chinese Mandarin:
利息率
(lìxīlǜ)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Chinese Mandarin:
息率
(xīlǜ)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Czech:
úroková sazba
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Czech:
úroková míra
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Esperanto:
interezo
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Esperanto:
rentumo
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Finnish:
korkokanta
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Finnish:
korko
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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French:
taux d'intérêt
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Georgian:
საპროცენტო განაკვეთი
(saṗrocenṭo ganaḳveti)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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German:
Zinssatz
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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German:
Zinsfuß
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Greek:
επιτόκιο
(epitókio)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Hungarian:
kamatláb
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Indonesian:
suku bunga
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Italian:
tasso di interesse
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Japanese:
利率
(riritsu)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Japanese:
金利
(kinri)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Kazakh:
пайыздық мөлшерлеме
(paiyzdyq mölşerleme)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Khmer:
កំរិតការប្រាក់
(kɑmrət kaa prak)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Korean:
이율
(iyul)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Malay:
kadar faedah
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Norwegian Bokmål:
rentesats
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
rentesats
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Persian:
نرخ بهره
(nerx-e bahre)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Polish:
stopa procentowa
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Portuguese:
taxa de juros
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Russian:
проце́нтная ста́вка
(procéntnaja stávka)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Spanish:
interés
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Spanish:
tasa de interés
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Spanish:
tipo de interés
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Spanish:
tipo
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Swahili:
kiwango cha riba
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Swedish:
räntesats
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Tagalog:
kabilsan ng tubo
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Turkish:
faiz oranı
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Ukrainian:
проце́нтна ста́вка
(procéntna stávka)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Ukrainian:
відсоткова ставка
(vidsotkova stavka)
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period
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Vietnamese:
lãi suất
— percentage of money charged for its use per some period