interest-free

idiom

: not requiring the borrower to pay any interest
an interest-free loan

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That goes against the agreement to transfer money, but Allam, to this point, has not pushed the issue, and those sums effectively stand as an interest-free loan. Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2025 In the interim, borrowers have been in interest-free forbearance, freed from making payments until at least September 2025, while their debt has been prevented from ballooning. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 July 2025 Nearly 8 million federal student loan borrowers are expected to see a drastic increase in personal costs starting August 1 as the U.S. Department of Education has directed loan servicers to resume interest charges following a lengthy pandemic-era, interest-free forbearance period. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 Typically, the default option for BNPL is the interest-free option. Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for interest-free

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“Interest-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interest-free. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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