simple interest

simple interest
noun
interest paid on the principal alone
• Hypernyms: ↑interest

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noun
: interest paid or computed on the original principal only of a loan or on the amount of an account often on the assumption that each day is 1/360of a year — compare compound interest

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interest payable only on the principal; interest that is not compounded.
[1790-1800]

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simple interest see under ↑simple
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Main Entry: ↑interest
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simple interest noun
Interest calculated on the principal only
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Main Entry: ↑simple

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simple interest UK US noun [uncountable] business
interest earned on money that you have invested, calculated once a year on the principal (=the amount of money originally invested)
Thesaurus: investing and investmentshyponym to invest moneysynonym

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simple interest,
interest that is paid only on the principal of a loan, mortgage, or other obligation and not on accrued interest.

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noun [noncount]
finance : interest paid only on the original amount of money and not on the interest it has already earned — compare ↑compound interest

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ˌsimple ˈinterest [simple interest] noun uncountable (finance)
interest that is paid only on the original amount of money that you invested, and not on any interest that it has earned

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