English Explanatory Dictionary

discount rate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

discount rate discount rates

Synonyms

bank rate

Related words

policy rate key interest rate net present value

Translations

Armenian: վերաֆինանսավորման տոկոսադրույք Finnish: diskonttokorko Polish: oprocentowanie Russian: ста́вка рефинанси́рования Ukrainian: ставка рефінансування
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