annual percentage rate

annual percentage rate definition - finance
The interest expense a consumer pays for debt that is expressed in simple, annual-percentage terms. The Federal Truth in Lending Act requires that each consumer loan agreement includes the APR.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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