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BANK RATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bank rate mean?
• BANK RATE (noun)
The noun BANK RATE has 1 sense:
1. the discount rate fixed by a central bank
Familiarity information: BANK RATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The discount rate fixed by a central bank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("bank rate" is a kind of...):
bank discount; discount; discount rate (interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan)
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