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Floor rate on a price risk derivative such as a floor or a collar. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate falls below the floor rate on the contract.

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Nominal number of units used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Average fixed price related to the group of price risk swap derivatives.

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