Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• RATE LOCK (LOCK IN THE RATE) - Refers to the agreement between the borrower and the lender or broker th...
  
  
• RATE LOCK-IN - See "rate commitment". A written agreement in which the lender guarantees the borrower a...
  
  
• RATE OF CHANGE - In which today's closing price is divided by the closing price n days ago. Multiply by...
  
  
• RATE OF EXCHANGE - the amount of currency of one nation that may be purchased on a specific date with a...
  
  
• RATE OF INTEREST - The rate, as a proportion of the principal, at which interest is computed.
  
  
• RATE OF RETURN - The rate of return is your annual income on an investment. With a stock, your return, ...
  
  
• RATE OF RETURN RATIOS - Ratios that measure the profitability of a firm in relation to various measures...
  
  
• RATE PROTECTION - Protection for a borrower against the danger that rates will rise between the time th...
  
  
• RATE RISK - In banking, the risk that profits may drop or losses occur because a rise in interest rates...
  
  
• RATE SENSITIVE - The exposure of either the bank's earnings or its market value to fluctuations caused ...