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interest rate swaps

interest rate swaps is the plural of interest rate swap.

Meaning of interest rate swap

Noun

interest rate swap (plural interest rate swaps, abbreviation IRS)

  1. A contract to exchange the benefit of one interest rate with another. Often a fixed interest rate is exchanged for a variable rate so as to allow one party to remove an exposure to a variable rate for which they pay a premium on the fixed rate in order to compensate for this 'insurance'. The two rates can also be based on different currencies.

Questions about interest rate swaps

What is interest rate swaps the plural of?
Interest rate swaps is the plural of interest rate swap.

Words near interest rate swaps in the dictionary

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

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