variable-rate
Americanadjective
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Smaller companies tend to be more reliant on debt to fund operations, particularly of the variable-rate variety, than their larger-cap counterparts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Kelly Garrett, who farms 9,000 acres in western Iowa, said his corn-seed usage with a variable-rate planter dropped to 29,000 seeds an acre from 34,000 seeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Strategy variable-rate preferred known as Stretch comes out the winner because it offers an 11%, tax-deferred yield.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Borrowers of private student loans have already seen rates climb because of previous rate increases: Both fixed- and variable-rate loans are linked to benchmarks that track the federal funds rate, the Fed’s benchmark rate.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
It also has deep pockets: Earnings had almost tripled between 2021 and 2023, in part because of its larger portfolio of variable-rate business loans, Mason said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
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