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prime rate

prime rate noun: the interest rate that large commercial banks charge on loans to customers with a high credit rating, i.e. those seen as at low risk of default.

Noun

prime rate (plural prime rates)

  1. (US) The interest rate that large commercial banks charge on loans to customers with a high credit rating, i.e. those seen as at low risk of default.

prime rate meaning in Tamil

prime rate in Tamil

முதன்மை வட்டி வீதம்

Forms of prime rate

pluralprime rates

Questions about prime rate

What does prime rate mean?
Prime rate means the interest rate that large commercial banks charge on loans to customers with a high credit rating, i.e. those seen as at low risk of default.
What is prime rate in Tamil?
Prime rate in Tamil is முதன்மை வட்டி வீதம். See Prime rate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prime rate?
Prime rate is a noun.
What is the plural of prime rate?
The plural of prime rate is prime rates.

Words near prime rate in the dictionary

  1. prime number
  2. prime number theorem
  3. prime number theorems
  4. prime numbers
  5. prime of life
  6. prime rate
  7. prime reciprocal magic square
  8. prime reciprocal magic squares
  9. prime rib
  10. prime ribs
  11. prime ring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prime rate (page history and authors); prime rate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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