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German
Etymology
Zins (“interest”) + -es- + Zins, literally “interest of interest”. First attested in the dictionary by Kaspar von Stieler (1691), with the gloss "zins auf zins anatocismus, usura usurarum".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtsɪnzəsˌtsɪns/
- Hyphenation: Zin‧ses‧zins
Noun
Zinseszins m (mixed, genitive Zinseszinses, plural Zinseszinsen)
- (banking, finance) compound interest
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