interest rate

noun

The percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year).

Similar
cost of moneyrate of interest
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Meanings

nouninterest rate (plural interest rates)

plural interest rates

  1. businessThe percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year).

    Synonyms: cost of money, rate of interest

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year).

Similar
cost of moneyrate of interest

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe percentage of a sum of money charged for its use

Similar
rate of interest
Broader
ratecharge per unit
Also see
rate of interest

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic سِعْر الْفَائِدَة
  • سِعْر الْفَائِدَة (siʕr al-fāʔida)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
Catalan tipus d'interès, taxa d'interès
  • tipus d'interèspercentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • taxa d'interèspercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Chinese Mandarin 利率, 利息率
  • 利率 (lìlǜ)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • 利息率 (lìxīlǜ)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • 息率 (xīlǜ)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
Czech úroková sazba, úroková míra
  • úroková sazbapercentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • úroková mírapercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Esperanto interezo, rentumo
  • interezopercentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • rentumopercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Finnish korkokanta, korko
  • korkokantapercentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • korkopercentage of money charged for its use per some period
French taux d'intérêt
  • taux d'intérêtpercentage of money charged for its use per some period
German Zinssatz, Zinsfuß
  • Zinssatzpercentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • Zinsfußpercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Greek επιτόκιο
  • επιτόκιο (epitókio)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
Hungarian kamatláb
  • kamatlábpercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Indonesian suku bunga
  • suku bungapercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Italian tasso di interesse
  • tasso di interessepercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Japanese 利率, 金利
  • 利率 (riritsu)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • 金利 (kinri)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
Korean 이율
  • 이율 (iyul)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
Malay kadar faedah
  • kadar faedahpercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Norwegian Bokmål rentesats
  • rentesatspercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Persian نرخ بهره
  • نرخ بهره (nerx-e bahre)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
Polish stopa procentowa
  • stopa procentowapercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Portuguese taxa de juros
  • taxa de jurospercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Russian проце́нтная ста́вка
  • проце́нтная ста́вка (procéntnaja stávka)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
Spanish interés, tasa de interés
  • interéspercentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • tasa de interéspercentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • tipo de interéspercentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • tipopercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Swahili kiwango cha riba
  • kiwango cha ribapercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Swedish räntesats
  • räntesatspercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Tagalog kabilsan ng tubo
  • kabilsan ng tubopercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Turkish faiz oranı
  • faiz oranıpercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Ukrainian проце́нтна ста́вка, відсоткова ставка
  • проце́нтна ста́вка (procéntna stávka)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
  • відсоткова ставка (vidsotkova stavka)percentage of money charged for its use per some period
Vietnamese lãi suất
  • lãi suấtpercentage of money charged for its use per some period
Cite this entry
APA

interest rate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interest%20rate

MLA

“interest rate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interest%20rate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interest rate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interest%20rate.

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