A bank's base lending rate

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Dan Murray

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Can anyone explain to me what precisely is meant by this term please?
 
It generally means whatever they want it to! ;)

It's a variable rate, against which other rates are set. For example, they might have a base rate available to lending with security. And then unsecured might be base +2%, or lending for small balance might be +3%

Some banks might call it Prime rate.

It might or might not be linked to an externally available rate.
 
Variable base rate definition from mortgageireland.ie
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