Interest

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Interest. The cost of using credit, or another's money, expressed as a rate per period of time, payable by a debtor to a creditor in consideration of the credit extended to the debtor.

It is a charge paid by a borrower to a lender for the use of the lender's money. It is expressed as a percentage rate over a period of time.

See Also

  • Interest Rate
  • Barron's Dictionary of Business and Economics Terms, Fifth Edition, 2012

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