stooze
stooze verb: to borrow money at low to no interest for the purpose of making a profit by depositing it for higher interest.
Verb
stooze (third-person singular simple present stoozes, present participle stoozing, simple past and past participle stoozed)
- To borrow money at low to no interest for the purpose of making a profit by depositing it for higher interest.
- My reason for including Jack's inspiring comments is less about the practical point of how to stooze and far more about thinking.2005, Martin Lewis, The Money Diet: The Ultimate Guide to Shedding Pounds Off Your Bills, →ISBN, page 78
- To stooze, you transfer the balance from the credit card and stash it in a high-interest savings account, one with as high a rate of interest as possible.2010, Jonathan Yates, Freesourcing: How To Start a Business with No Money, →ISBN
Examples of stooze in a sentence
- In order to stooze effectively, you need credit cards which allow you to make payments to a current account or other bank account where you could then earn interest.2014 June 19, Sophie Christie, “£5000 a year for nothing: could 'stoozing' make a comeback?”, in The Telegraph:
- So the best way to stooze is likely to involve putting as much of your spending as possible on to a card that charges 0pc on purchases.2015 November 17, Amelia Murray, “Return of 'stoozing': how you can profit again from 0pc credit cards”, in The Telegraph:
Forms of stooze
| third-person singular present | stoozes |
|---|---|
| present participle | stoozing |
| past participle | stoozed |
| past | stoozed |
Origin of stooze
Apparently coined in 2004 from Stooz, nickname of a contributor to Motley Fool Internet message boards.
Words formed from stooze
Questions about stooze
- What does stooze mean?
- Stooze means to borrow money at low to no interest for the purpose of making a profit by depositing it for higher interest.
- How do you use stooze in a sentence?
- In order to stooze effectively, you need credit cards which allow you to make payments to a current account or other bank account where you could then earn interest.
- What part of speech is stooze?
- Stooze is a verb.
- What is the past tense of stooze?
- The past tense of stooze is stoozed.
Words near stooze in the dictionary
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