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How to pronounce “subprime”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of subprime with real speech in context.
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- What You Miss When You Focus on the Average
before the subprime mortgage crisis.
- Definition summary
- Less than prime; inferior.
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How to pronounce subprime
What You Miss When You Focus on the Average

before the subprime mortgage crisis.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “subprime”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Less than prime; inferior.
- (US, banking, now worldwide) Designating a loan (typically at a greater than usual rate of interest) offered to a borrower who is not qualified for other loans (for example, because of a poor credit history).
- (US, banking, dated) Designating a type of commercial lending rate, less than the prime rate, offered to desirable borrowers.
- [Noun]
- A subprime loan.
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