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Adjustable Rate Instrument
 
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Any of a wide variety of fixed principal obligations whose periodic payout is set relative to a reference index rate (such as LIBOR) to create a longer-term fixed principal obligation with a floating rate interim cost. Also called Adjustable Rate Note. See, for example, Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock (ARPS), Floating Rate Note (FRN).    
 
 
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