📖 Definitions of "Subprime"
noun
- 1
A subprime loan.
adjective
- 1
Less than prime; inferior.
- 2
(now worldwide) Designating a loan (typically at a greater than usual rate of interest) offered to a borrower who is not qualified for other loans (for example, because of a poor credit history).
- 3
Designating a type of commercial lending rate, less than the prime rate, offered to desirable borrowers.
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