#interest capitalization
- Anatocism — A financial and legal practice consisting of calculating and charging interest on already accumulated and overdue interest, modernly known as capitalization of interest or compound interest. From a legal standpoint, anatocism is strictly regulated, restricted, or even prohibited in certain systems of civil and commercial law to prevent the abusive over-indebtedness of debtors through the exponential multiplication of amounts owed.
- Anatocism — An alternative or erroneous variant spelling for 'anatocism', describing the financial and legal practice of calculating and charging interest on already accumulated and overdue interest. This economic mechanism, modernly known in banking as interest capitalization or compound interest, is strictly regulated by law to protect consumers against exponential and abusive debt increases.