Annual percentage rate

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Annual percentage rate (better known by its acronym, APR; alternatively known as annual interest rate, interest rate per year, interest rate earned per year; as symbols also referred as i, I, I/YR, and r; hereinafter, APR) is the nominal annual interest rate or, in other words, the rate of return that is applied over a period of one year. In most cases, interest rate, lease rate, and rate of return mean APR as well.


Definitions

According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),

APR. The nominal annual interest rate is also called the annual percentage rate.

Description

ARP is what a lender charges a borrower or a borrower pays a lender, expressed as a percentage of the principal. Usually, the borrowed resource is a building, cash, enterprise assets such as inventory or technology, consumer products such as college tuition or vehicle, or any other asset that the borrower needs and the lender has.

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