discount rate

Other forms: discount rates

Definitions of discount rate
  1. noun
    interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
    synonyms: bank discount, discount
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    types:
    bank rate
    the discount rate fixed by a central bank
    type of:
    interest rate, rate of interest
    the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
  2. noun
    the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System
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    type of:
    interest rate, rate of interest
    the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
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