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Fixed Rate Payer

(1) A party to an interest rate swap agreement whose payment is based on a swap rate, the coupon of a long-term fixed income instrument or is otherwise set at the same level during each payment interval. Often called the buyer of the swap or said to be long the swap. Also called Swap Buyer. (2) The issuer of a fixed coupon note or bond.

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