Speakur

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discount rate

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables
dis-coun-t rate
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An interest rate that a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

discount rates (plural)

Phrases

policy rate key interest rate net present value

Frequently Paired Words

policy rate key interest rate net present value

Synonyms

bank rate discount bank discount

Questions

What does discount rate mean?
An interest rate that a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it.

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