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discount rate

dis·count rate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [verb dis-kount, dis-kount reyt]
    • /verb ˈdɪs kaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt reɪt/
    • /ˈdɪskaʊnt reɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [verb dis-kount, dis-kount reyt]
    • /verb ˈdɪs kaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt reɪt/

Definitions of discount rate words

  • noun discount rate the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper. 1
  • noun discount rate the interest rate charged by Federal Reserve Banks on loans to their member banks, usually against government securities as collateral. 1
  • noun discount rate the rediscount rate. 1
  • noun discount rate lower price 1
  • countable noun discount rate The discount rate is the rate of interest that the central bank of a country charges on the loans that it makes to other banks. 0
  • countable noun discount rate A discount rate is an amount of interest deducted in advance in the purchase, sale, or loan of negotiable assets. 0
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Origin of discount rate

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Discount rate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Discount rate

discount rate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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