Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• COMPOUNDING
  
  Refers to earning income on your income. For example, on fixed income investments that pay interest over time at periodic intervals, compounding means making interest on your initial investment and also on the interest as it builds up (i.e., earning interest on your interest).
  
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