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discount rates

discount rates is the plural of discount rate.

Meaning of discount rate

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.

Questions about discount rates

What is discount rates the plural of?
Discount rates is the plural of discount rate.

Words near discount rates in the dictionary

  1. discount house
  2. discount houses
  3. discount market
  4. discount markets
  5. discount rate
  6. discount rates
  7. discount store
  8. discount stores
  9. discountability
  10. discountable
  11. discountably

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