ADJECTIVE
- (used of loans) charging a relatively large percentage of the amount borrowed
How To Use high-interest In A Sentence
- A prudent investment strategy would be to start by building up a cash reserve in secure offshore high-interest accounts.
- Steering them to high-interest loans is the stock-in-trade of predatory brokers.
- It may be possible to refinance some high-interest contracts at a better rate. Times, Sunday Times
- If you're that skittish about investing, you're probably better off in a high-interest savings account anyway.
- At face value, replacing high-interest debt with a low-interest mortgage is a good idea.
- Over the weekend, legislators passed a law blocking access for three years to hard currency held in high-interest accounts with the country's two state banks.
- The astute expatriate, then, will have his or her savings sitting pretty in an offshore building society or high-interest cheque account.
- Insurers are, in fact, giving you a high-interest loan. Times, Sunday Times
- Women, in particular, are targeted for high-interest cards.
- Don't just sock away this money under your mattress; put it in a high-interest online savings account, a certificate of deposit or a money market account.