forward rate agreement

forward rate agreement
forward rate agreement (FRA)
An agreement under which one party undertakes to make to the other party payments calculated by reference to a specified fixed interest rate on a notional principal sum in respect of a period in the future. Similarly, the other party agrees to make payments calculated by reference to a variable rate on the same notional principal over the same future period.

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