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  2. Credit card interest - Wikipedia

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    Interest rates vary widely. Some credit card loans are secured by real estate, and can be as low as 6 to 12% in the U.S. (2005). [citation needed] Typical credit cards have interest rates between 7 and 36% in the U.S., depending largely upon the bank's risk evaluation methods and the borrower's credit history.

  3. Hide (skin) - Wikipedia

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    A hide or skin is an animal skin treated for human use. The word "hide" is related to the German word Haut, which means skin.The industry defines hides as "skins" of large animals e.g. cow, buffalo; while skins refer to "skins" of smaller animals: goat, sheep, deer, pig, fish, alligator, snake, etc. Common commercial hides include leather from cattle and other livestock animals, buckskin ...

  4. Tanning (leather) - Wikipedia

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    Tanned leather. Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather.A tannery is the place where the skins are processed. ...

  5. Credit channel - Wikipedia

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    Since the credit channel operates as an amplification mechanism alongside the interest rate effect, small monetary policy changes can have large effects if the credit channel theory holds. Asset price boom and bust patterns in the 1980s may have led to the subsequent real fluctuations observed in many advanced economies. [ 12 ]

  6. Penalty interest - Wikipedia

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    Penalty interest, also called penalty APR (penalty annual percentage rate), [1] default interest, interest for/on late payment, statutory interest for/on late payment, [2] [3] interest on arrears, or penal interest, in money lending and in sales contracts is punitive interest charged by a lender to a borrower if installments are not paid according to the loan terms.

  7. Medicinal chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Pharmacophore model of the benzodiazepine binding site on the GABAA receptor. Medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacy involved with designing and developing pharmaceutical drugs.

  8. Prime rate - Wikipedia

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    Effective January 2, 2015, the Base Lending Rate (BLR) structure was replaced with a new Base Rate (BR) system. Under the BR system, which serves as the main reference rate for new retail floating rate loans, Malaysian banks can determine their interest rate based on a formula set by Bank Negara, Malaysia's central bank.

  9. Maturity (finance) - Wikipedia

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    In finance, maturity or maturity date is the date on which the final payment is due on a loan or other financial instrument, such as a bond or term deposit, at which point the principal (and all remaining interest) is due to be paid. [1] [2] [3] Most instruments have a fixed maturity date which is a specific date on which the instrument matures ...