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Compound interest - Financial definition

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Translations:      FR  intérêts capitalisés (n.m.pl.) , intérêts composés (n.pl.)     ES  interés compuesto (n.m.)     DE  Zinseszins (n.m.) 
Synonym:  compounding interest

  Concise definition of the term compound interest

Term describing a method of interest calculation where interest payments from an investment are added to the principal and bear interest on their part. Thus, the amount of interest earned from the investment increases with each period.

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