Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negative interest

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
neg-a-tive in-ter-est
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fee deducted from money to be stored in a bank, instead of interest paid on that money.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does negative interest mean?
A fee deducted from money to be stored in a bank, instead of interest paid on that money.

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