variable-rate
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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He decided to enhance the company’s frenetic bitcoin buying by selling variable-rate perpetual, cumulative preferred stock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
The largest deal, the $3 billion variable-rate Stretch, now trades around $93, below its face value of $100, and yields 11%.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
For starters, WaFd Bank was less vulnerable to rate hikes: Back in 2005, the bank began moving away from fixed-rate loans and toward more variable-rate commercial loans, said CEO Brent Beardall.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
Both fixed- and variable-rate loans are linked to benchmarks that track the federal funds rate.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023
By adding variable-rate loans, it can use the funds-supply operation as a tool to control the shape of the yield curve, analysts say.
From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2023
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