long-term interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-termandinterest
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long-term
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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interest
noun
uk/ˈɪn.trəst/us/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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When lawyers are put on retainer, they are paid to take along-terminterestin their client's legal defense.
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Most of our sample period is characterized by lowlong-terminterestrates relative to expected equity returns.
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Lagged inflation influences only thelong-terminterestrate.
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For instance, lagged money growth affects inflation and output growth but not thelong-terminterestrate directly.
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Here, for instance, this may be the case for the inflation rate and thelong-terminterestrate.
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An individual who postpones annuitization does however face the risk that insurance companies might increase annuity prices iflong-terminterestrates declined.
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That means lowerlong-terminterestrates and higher growth and investment.
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Recall that congregations are groups of agents which have banded together because of some commonlong-terminterestor goal.
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Moreover, thelong-terminterestrate has a direct lagged influence on real money growth.
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Consequently, the increasinglong-terminterestrate in response to a money impulse is not implausible.
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The situation may be such that the players involved consider it in theirlong-terminterestto cooperate.
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In any event, this was in an area that was not of muchlong-terminterestfor me.
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A time-varying risk premium could be another possible explanation for the negative correlation between the spread and thelong-terminterestrate.
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The biggest impact on the increase in the cost of defined benefit is the fall in real and nominallong-terminterestrates.
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Again, given the reactions of the other variables, it is also not surprising to see a weakly significant increase in thelong-terminterestrate.
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The last thing the patient wants in a large hospital setting is another strange consultant with dubious accountability and little demonstrablelong-terminterestin the patient.
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