discount rate

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discount rate

noun discount rates

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

    Similar: bank rate

  2. countable, uncountable 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.

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noun central bank rate

Русскийста́вка рефинанси́рования stávka refinansírovanija

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@misc{discount_rate_2026,
  title = {discount rate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/discount%20rate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}