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
Most Australians use variable-rate mortgages, making them far more sensitive to their central bank’s decisions than U.S. homeowners.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 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
"As effective as that stress test was, it was not perfect," Routledge said, noting that many consumer opted for variable-rate, fixed-payment mortgages when interest rates were low during the pandemic.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
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