English Explanatory Dictionary

Lombard rate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An interest rate charged by a central bank for very short-term loans to other banks against an approved collateral.

Word forms

Lombard rate Lombard rates

Etymology

Lombard (“banker or moneylender”)

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