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adjustable-rate

UK/ə'dʒʌstəbl-haɪt/US

Definitions

adj.

Having a variable or floating interest rate

浮动利率的

Root Breakdown

Native English
adjustableroot
+
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.

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