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Noun: compensating balance
  1. A minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank
    "the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged";
    - offsetting balance

Derived forms: compensating balances

Type of: balance