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.

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

nounyield curve (plural yield curves)

plural yield curves

  1. businessThe 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.First known use 20th c.

    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

Translations

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APA

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Chicago

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