N-COUNT 银行(贷款)利率;(尤指国家中央银行规定的)银行贴现率,最低贷率 The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank. 银行(贷款)利率;(尤指国家中央银行规定的)银行贴现率,最低贷率
...a sterling crisis that forced the bank rate up.