actual/360

actual/360 definition - finance
A method of calculating the accrued interest that is earned on a bond. The actual number of days in each month and a 360-day year are used to calculate the interest payments.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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