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nickel
An informal name for 5 basis points. American Banker Glossary

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nickel nick‧el [ˈnɪkl] noun
1. [countable] a coin in the US or Canada that is worth five cents:

• Gasoline rose more than a nickel a gallon.

2. [uncountable] a hard silver-white metal used in manufacturing and traded on commodity market S:

• Nickel rose nearly as strongly as zinc on the London Metal Exchange yesterday.

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nickel UK US /ˈnɪkl/ noun
[U] NATURAL RESOURCES, PRODUCTION a silver-white metal used in manufacturing: »

Russia is the world's largest miner of nickel ore.

[C] MONEY a US or Canadian coin worth five cents: »

They raised the tax by a nickel a gallon.


Financial and business terms. 2012.