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An Interest Rate Floor is (generally) an O.T.C. derivative contract based on a series of European interest rate put options. This interest rate sensitive instrument protects the floor buyer from losses resulting from a decrease in interest rates. The floor seller compensates the buyer with a payoff when the reference interest rate falls below the floor strike rate. An Interest Rate Floor written on a CMS rate or a CMS spread (the differential between two CMS rates).
