interbank
IPA/ˌɪn.təˈbæŋk/
KK[ˌɪntɚbˈæŋk]IPA/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈbæŋk/
interbank — adjective
- interbankpositive
- more interbankcomparative
- most interbanksuperlative
1. relating to the financial activity that takes place among separate banks, rather
1.形容詞B2
釋義
relating to the financial activity that takes place among separate banks, rather than between a bank and its regular customers.
例句
The central bank lowered its main rate to help interbank lending.
attributive use: interbank + lending
Interbank borrowing costs jumped after the sudden drop in bank share prices.
common collocation: interbank borrowing costs
Mei-Lin, a financial analyst in Taipei, tracks daily changes in interbank interest rates.
New rules require every bank to report all large interbank payments to the central bank.
Smaller banks use the interbank market when they need short-term loans.
文法句型
interbank + noun
用法筆記
Always used directly before a noun. You cannot say 'this loan is interbank' — the correct form is 'this is an interbank loan'.
常見錯誤
❌The rate is interbank.
✅It is an interbank rate.
💡interbank is an attributive adjective; it must come before the noun it describes, never after a linking verb.