compound interest
Definitions
Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.
Equivalents
17 more languages
Cymraegadlog
Ελληνικάανατοκισμός
Suomikoronkorko
Gaeilgeús iolraithe
ગુજરાતીચક્રવૃદ્ધિ વ્યાજ
हिन्दीचक्रवृद्धि ब्याज
Magyarkamatos kamat
Italianointeresse composto
日本語複利
ქართულირთული პროცენტი
한국어복리
မြန်မာအတိုးရင်းပွား
Nederlandssamengestelde interest
Portuguêsjuros compostos
Русскийсло́жные проце́нты
తెలుగుచక్రవడ్డీ
Examples
“[…] tens of thousands of other foot passengers have⟳ been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest⟳.”
“Arithmetic books published during the fifteenth and first half of the sixteenth centuries have⟳ little to say⟳ about interest⟳ although the practice of calculating compound interest⟳ was old at that time.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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