Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SUB-PRIME
  
  Industry term used to describe credit and loan products that have less stringent lending and underwriting (loan approval) terms and conditions. As a compensating factor for the higher risk, however, sub-prime products charge consumers higher interest rates and fees.
  
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