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compensating balance

noun

1 compensating balance

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

synonym: offsetting balance.


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