adjustable-rate
UK/ə'dʒʌstəbl-haɪt/US
Definitions
adj.
Having a variable or floating interest rate
浮动利率的
Root Breakdown
Native Englishadjustableroot
+
rateroot
=adjustable-rate
adjustable + rate = (a loan) whose interest rate can be adjusted over time. (adjust likely from ad- + juxtā 'near'; kept here for now.)
Common Collocations
- 1.adjustable-rate mortgage浮动利率抵押贷款
- 2.adjustable-rate loan浮动利率贷款
Example Sentences
- 1.
An adjustable-rate mortgage starts cheap but can rise sharply.
- 2.
They refinanced from an adjustable-rate loan into a fixed one.