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interest-bearing

interest-bearing adjective: that bears interest, on which interest is paid, e.g. a debt, a deposit, etc.

Adjective

interest-bearing (not comparable)

  1. That bears interest, on which interest is paid, e.g. a debt, a deposit, etc.
    • Under the Transport Bill now before Parliament, the Board's commencing debt was to be divided into a suspended debt and an interest-bearing debt.1962 April, “Talking of Trains: The tasks of the Railways Board”, in Modern Railways, page 219

Questions about interest-bearing

What does interest-bearing mean?
Interest-bearing means that bears interest, on which interest is paid, e.g. a debt, a deposit, etc.
What part of speech is interest-bearing?
Interest-bearing is an adjective.

Words near interest-bearing in the dictionary

  1. interest rate guarantee
  2. interest rate guarantees
  3. interest rate swap
  4. interest rate swaps
  5. interest rates
  6. interest-bearing
  7. interest-free
  8. interestable
  9. interested
  10. interestedly
  11. interestedness

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