RupeeTimes' financial glossary  A-F |  G-O |  P-V |  W-Z |  1-9 |  Search by category |     Category: Definitions   Penal interest Plinth area Point Of Sale (POS) Power of attorney Pre-EMI Prime Lending Rate (PLR) Principal Processing Date Property tax Recurring Billing Refinance Charge Refinancing Repayment Repayment Holiday Repo rate Rest Reverse Mortgage Sale deed Stamp duty Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) Stored-value Card Surcharge Tenure of the Loan Variable Interest Rate Repo rate Repo Rate is the interest rate for secured overnight or short term financing involving the sale and repurchase of securities. It is basically the rate at which RBI lends to commercials banks for meeting the short term deficits.