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counterparty

/ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːti/

B2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The other party to a contract or financial transaction.

The bank assessed the creditworthiness of each counterparty before entering the swap.

Topic: Commercial law in Legal English

Business noun

The other party to a financial transaction or contract.

The bank limited its exposure to any single counterparty to contain default risk.

Topic: Banking in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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