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compensating balance — A method of paying the bank for providing services. (1) In lending, compensating balances are minimum balances that the bank requires a borrower to maintain with the bank as partial compensation to the bank for the credit facility. (2) The amount … Financial and business terms
Compensating balance — An excess balance that is left in a bank to provide indirect compensation for loans extended or services provided. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * compensating balance compensating balance ➔ balance1 * * * compensating balance UK US… … Financial and business terms
compensating balance — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
Compensating Balance — A minimum balance that must be maintained in an account. The compensating balance is often used to offset a portion of the cost that a bank faces when extending a loan or credit to an individual or business, and is usually calculated as a… … Investment dictionary
compensating balance — The balance a borrower from a bank is required to keep on deposit as a condition of the loan or for continuing line of credit … Black's law dictionary
compensating balance — The balance a borrower from a bank is required to keep on deposit as a condition of the loan or for continuing line of credit … Black's law dictionary
compensating balance — A sum of money deposited at a bank by a customer as a condition for the bank to lend money to the customer … Accounting dictionary
compensating balance — 1. An amount a bank can offset between a loan and a deposit. 2. Two or more accounting *balances that *offset one another … Auditor's dictionary
compensating balance — /ˌkɒmpənseɪt bæləns/ noun the amount of money which a customer has to keep in a bank account in order to get free services from the bank … Dictionary of banking and finance
Balance wheel — in a cheap 1950s alarm clock, the Apollo, by Lux Mfg. Co. showing the balance spring (1) and regulator (2) … Wikipedia
