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Princeton's WordNet

  1. high-interestadjective

    (used of loans) charging a relatively large percentage of the amount borrowed

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  1. high-interest

    High-interest generally refers to a situation, condition, or item attracting significant attention, engagement, or involvement due to its appealing, exciting, or intriguing nature. In finance, it denotes a high rate of interest charged on a loan or credit, or received on an investment - considerably above average or standard rates.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of high-interest in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of high-interest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of high-interest in a Sentence

  1. David Dawe:

    For some people, it might literally mean no food on the table, it might mean trying to borrow money from people at high interest rates. It may mean having to go all the way back to Traders Village on April 9, where in some cases you have to walk if public transport is shut down, to ride Traders Village on April 9 out together with your family.

  2. Daraius Dubash:

    The greatest risk is not paying your credit card balance in full, the high interest rates are never worth the airline miles.

  3. Carsten Spohr:

    I think there's a high interest for Lufthansa Technik and catering services, but also for additional destinations and capacity on the cargo and passenger side.

  4. Praveen Sood:

    High interest rates at this point of time are basically killing the growth of the company, when inflation has gone down so much, there's no reason why interest rates shouldn't be coming down.

  5. Chantel Bonneau:

    Make sure that’s a focus and [that] they use this opportunity to pay down high interest-bearing debt, so they can free up cash flow when they move out.

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