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yield curve

yield curve noun: the relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency.

Noun

yield curve (plural yield curves)

  1. The relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency.
  2. A style of yoga based on a flow between sequential poses and coordinated breathing.
    • His business was clairvoyance. You looked at the yield curve arching and slumping like an inchworm making its inefficient progress, and it told you everything you needed to know.2020, Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind, Bloomsbury (2023), page 66

Forms of yield curve

pluralyield curves

Questions about yield curve

What does yield curve mean?
Yield curve means the relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency.
What part of speech is yield curve?
Yield curve is a noun.
What is the plural of yield curve?
The plural of yield curve is yield curves.

Words near yield curve in the dictionary

  1. Yidu
  2. yield
  3. yield burning
  4. yield co
  5. yield cos
  6. yield curve
  7. yield curves
  8. yield line
  9. yield lines
  10. yield point
  11. yield points

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