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tasso

rate

noun TAHS-soh Common

Origin: Medieval Latin taxus (rate, tax); the animal sense from Germanic

Also means

badger

Usage Note

Tasso is one of Italian's classic homonyms: il tasso di interesse is 'interest rate' and il tasso di disoccupazione is 'unemployment rate', while il tasso in a woodland context is the European badger. Context always clarifies which is meant. In finance tasso is the standard word for any kind of rate or ratio.

Examples

"Il tasso di interesse è aumentato."

Natural Translation

The interest rate has increased.

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