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zero-coupon

/zeer-oh-koo-pon, -kyoo-/US // ˈzɪər oʊˈku pɒn, -ˈkyu- //

零息贷款,零利率,零票,零息

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a debt obligation that bears no interest but that is sold substantially below its face value.

Examples

  • Not quite, but at one point the temperature registered 29 below zero, with 21 inches of snow.

  • The longer someone stays well, the lower their chance of relapsing, although that possibility never becomes zero.

  • Is it True that “Gays vs. Traditionalists are a Zero-Sum Game”?

  • Islamic State brought “peace, autonomy, zero corruption, low crime-rate,” he Tweeted last month.

  • During the recession net immigration to the U.S. from Mexico fell to zero or less.

  • But the day he planned to start was very cold—the mercury stood twenty-seven below zero.

  • Of course, at roulette, some number or zero itself is bound to come up every time, but number twenty-seven was invariably unlucky.

  • The words whispered in the pastry-cook's ear cooled his hot fit of courage down to zero.

  • At last, one evening, he walked up to a table and said to the croupier, "When was zero up last?"

  • One day last week, when the mercury was sulking at zero, three lambs arrived on the place.