Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carry trade

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: car-ry -trade
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trading strategy involving the borrowing at a low-interest rate and investing in an asset providing a higher rate of return.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

carry trades (plural)

Questions

What does carry trade mean?: A trading strategy involving the borrowing at a low-interest rate and investing in an asset providing a higher rate of return.

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