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هامش

English translation: Mark-up

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Arabic term or phrase:هامش
English translation:Mark-up
Entered by: Peter Solomon

22:10 Mar 12, 2013
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Bahrain agreement - interest rate
Arabic term or phrase: هامش
In a credit agreement made between a bank and a company the interest rate agreed was the Libor rate plus الهامش . Would it be right to translate this the "margin"? I do not understand what this means. Thank you.
Peter Solomon
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:08
Mark-up
Explanation:
It is the Mark-up to the Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate).
هامش actually is meant to be هامش الربح
It refers to the profit made by banks borrowing money through the Libor.
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Sami Khamou
Local time: 06:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1margin
Muhammad Assayed
5Spread
Simone Fahim
4Mark-up
Sami Khamou


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
margin


Explanation:
Yes, it would be translated as "margin", and even if you googled the term "libor rate plus margin", you will find some 76k hits, which refers to the high frequency of use for this term.
Indeed, I don't understand the meaning of such term as well, since I am not doing a lot of financial translations.


    Reference: http://www.google.com.eg/search?hl=ar&client=opera&hs=OsY&ch...
Muhammad Assayed
Egypt
Local time: 13:08
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Spread


Explanation:
This is a form of floating interest rate where the Libor rate represents an index. The final interest charged to the company is the sum of Libor and the spread/Margin.

Margin is also right.

Simone Fahim
Egypt
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Mark-up


Explanation:
It is the Mark-up to the Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate).
هامش actually is meant to be هامش الربح
It refers to the profit made by banks borrowing money through the Libor.


Sami Khamou
Local time: 06:08
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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