Meanings
plural compound interests
- uncountableusuallybankingInterest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.
Arithmetic books published during the fifteenth and first half of the sixteenth centuries have little to say about interest although the practice of calculating compound interest was old at that time.
2014 [1967], C. Attwood, Compound Interest Functions: Practical Tables Series, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 2101 more example
[…] tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνατοκισμός
- ἀνατοκισμός (anatokismós)interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Chinese Mandarin 複利 /复利, 利滚利
- 複利 /复利 (fùlì)interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
- 利滚利 (lìgǔnlì)interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Czech složené úročení
- složené úročeníinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Danish renters rente
- renters renteinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Dutch samengestelde interest
- samengestelde interestinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Finnish koronkorko
- koronkorkointerest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
French intérêts composés
- intérêts composésinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
German Zinseszins
- Zinseszinsinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Greek ανατοκισμός
- ανατοκισμός (anatokismós)interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Hawaiian kuala ʻano hui, kuala hoʻohui
- kuala ʻano huiinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
- kuala hoʻohuiinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Hindi चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज
- चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज (cakravŕddhi byāj)interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Hungarian kamatos kamat
- kamatos kamatinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Indonesian bunga majemuk, bunga berbunga
- bunga majemukinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
- bunga berbungainterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Irish ús iolraithe
- ús iolraitheinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Italian interesse composto
- interesse compostointerest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Japanese 複利
- 複利 (fukuri)interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Korean 복리
- 복리 (bongni)interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Latin anatocismus
- anatocismusinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Malay faedah kompaun
- faedah kompauninterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Māori huamoni whakaputu
- huamoni whakaputuinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Norwegian rentes rente
- rentes renteinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Polish odsetki złożone
- odsetki złożoneinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Portuguese juros compostos
- juros compostosinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Russian сло́жные проце́нты
- сло́жные проце́нты (slóžnyje procénty)interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Scottish Gaelic riadh fillte
- riadh fillteinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Spanish interés compuesto
- interés compuestointerest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Swedish ränta på ränta, sammansatt ränta
- ränta på räntainterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
- sammansatt räntainterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Tagalog lambalang tubo
- lambalang tubointerest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Vietnamese lãi kép
- lãi képinterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Welsh adlog
- adloginterest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest
Cite this entry
compound interest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20interest
“compound interest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20interest. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compound interest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20interest.
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