EGAVE

subprime

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Less than prime; inferior.
    subprime beef
  2. adjective Designating a loan (typically at a greater than usual rate of interest) offered to a borrower who is not qualified for other loans (for example, because of a poor credit history).
  3. adjective Designating a type of commercial lending rate, less than the prime rate, offered to desirable borrowers.
  4. noun A subprime loan.

Similar words

at-risk risky high-risk risk-taking risk sensitive secondary sub-prime real-estate mortgage

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