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OFFSETTING BALANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does offsetting balance mean? 

OFFSETTING BALANCE (noun)
  The noun OFFSETTING BALANCE has 1 sense:

1. a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bankplay

  Familiarity information: OFFSETTING BALANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OFFSETTING BALANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

compensating balance; offsetting balance

Context example:

the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged

Hypernyms ("offsetting balance" is a kind of...):

balance (the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account)


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