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discount rate

discount rate noun: an interest rate that a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it.

Noun

discount rate (countable and uncountable, plural discount rates)

  1. An interest rate that a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it.
    Synonyms:
    bank rate
  2. The interest rate used to discount future cashflows of a financial instrument; the annual interest rate used to decrease the amounts of future cashflows to yield their present value.

Synonyms of discount rate

Forms of discount rate

pluraldiscount rates

Questions about discount rate

What does discount rate mean?
Discount rate means an interest rate that a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it.
What part of speech is discount rate?
Discount rate is a noun.
What is the plural of discount rate?
The plural of discount rate is discount rates.

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