compound rate meaning

[Business]
noun [C]

(Accounting )

the percentage of interest on an amount of money which includes interest that has already been added

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1. annual compound rate
2. the global market is large and growing at a compound rate approaching double figures
3. others measure the difference between the compound rate of growth on stocks and the interest rate
4. Anything higher tends to increase the debt at a compound rate.
5. The yields are compound rates calculated on an annualized basis, including reinvested dividends.