prime lending rate

Variant of prime rate

prime rate definition

prime rate

Finance the most favorable interest rate charged by a commercial bank on short-term loans to large corporations
also prime interest rate or prime lending rate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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