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discount rate

dis·count rate [ díss kownt ràyt ] (plural dis·count rates)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. difference between price and future returns: the rate at which expected cash returns from a security are converted into the security's market price

2. Federal Reserve interest rate: the rate of interest at which member banks may borrow money from the Federal Reserve Bank

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