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Definition: Discount Rate |
Discount RateNoun1. (US) the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System. 2. Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Business | The interest rate based on bank rate at which the money market other than the central bank will purchase discountable documents, i. e. commercial or finance house bills. Source: European Union. (references) |
| For calculating the future value of a benefit, i. e. grant or similar. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Energy | The interest rate at which the Federal Reserve System stands ready to lend reserves to commercial banks. The rate is proposed by the 12 Federal Reserve banks and determined with the approval of the Board of Governors. (references) |
Finance | The rate that the American Federal Reserve charges member banks using government securities as collateral. This provides a base for rates generally and these member banks will charge their customer's a point or so above the discount rate. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The rate applied by the central bank in discounting first class bills of exchange ; the advertized minimum rate at which the Central Bank will discount approved bills of exchange or grant short-term loans, when acting as lender of last resort. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The interest rate charged by the Federal Reserve Banks on loans to their member banks. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Discount RateSynonyms: bank discount (n), discount (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Money | Interest, interest rate, discount rate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Discount Rate |
| English words defined with "discount rate": A note shaver ♦ bank rate, Batta ♦ To shave a note. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "discount rate": constant-growth model ♦ discount basis rate ♦ Federal discount rate, forest per cent, forest percent ♦ Gordon-Shapiro model ♦ interest rate on a bank discount basis ♦ lange værdipapirer i løbende udbud. (references) |
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Health | Using a 3 percent discount rate, this implies a net present value of approximately $800,000 for direct and ancillary costs associated with a CF birth. (references) | |
Economic History | Zimbabwe | While the RBZ is a major force in setting interest rates (through reserve requirements, T-Bill issuance and the discount rate), rates up until recently have been primarily market driven. (references) |
Egypt | In April 2001, the Central Bank adjusted its discount rate (which had remained unchanged since late 1998) downward twice by a combined 1%, and loosened its liquidity and reserve ratio requirements slightly. (references) | |
Croatia | In 2000, the Croatian National Bank (CNB) reduced the discount rate from 7.90 to 5.90 percent (interest rate applies to statutory reserves held with the CNB by the commercial banks), with Lombard credit rates set at 12 percent (down from 13 percent) and intervention credit facility rates at 18 percent per annum. (references) | |
Political Economy | DENMARK | The Danish discount rate as of October 5, 2001, stood at 3.75 percent. (references) |
SWITZERLAND | Monetary policy is conducted through discount rate adjustments and open market operations. (references) | |
BOLIVIA | The Bolivian Central Bank usually adjusts its discount rate and conducts open market operations to control money supply. (references) | |
Trade | Romania | The NBR's discount rate (the rate at which it lends to commercial banks) dropped to 35 percent. (references) |
Greece | The Bank of Greece influences interest rates by using the discount rate and other interest rates in its transactions with commercial banks as tools to control the money supply. (references) | |
Senegal | However, since the 1994 devaluation of the CFA Franc, the central bank has reduced its discount rate numerous times, from 14.5% to 5.75%, in order to boost economic growth by increasing the credit to the economy. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | Finally, participants on official federal government programs (such as trade shows, "matchmakers" and other official trade missions) sponsored by the Commercial Service of the American Embassy or other entities of the U.S. government can often be accorded an Embassy discount rate at certain hotels. (references) |
South Africa | South Africa's country code is 27. The city codes for major South African cities are: Johannesburg, 11; Pretoria, 12; Cape Town, 21; and Durban, 31. The United States can be dialed directly from South Africa using the country code 091. Peak rate calls (called standard time) to the U.S. are from 07:00 a.m. to 07:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and discount rate calls (called callmore time) are from 07:00 p.m. to 07:00 a.m. Monday to Friday. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "discount rate": Federal discount rate ♦ official discount rate. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "discount rate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | diskonto (Federal discount rate), diskonteringssats (discount basis rate, interest rate on a bank discount basis), diskonteringsrente (discount basis rate, interest rate on a bank discount basis), diskonteringsfaktor (discount factor), officiel diskonto (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | discontopercentage (discount factor), disconto (discount), officieel disconto (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), officiële diskontokoers (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), bankdisconto (bank discount, bank rate), actualiseringspercentage (discount factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | diskonttokorko (bank rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | taux d'escompte (Federal discount rate, official discount rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Diskontsatz (bank rate), Diskontrate (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), Diskontierungsfaktor (discount factor), Diskontfaktor (discount factor), offizieller Diskontsatz (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), im voraus berechneter Zinssatz (discount basis rate, interest rate on a bank discount basis), Bundesbankdiskont (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), amtlicher Diskontsatz (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), Abzinsungssatz (discount factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προεξοφλητικό επιτόκιο (discount basis rate, discount factor, Federal discount rate, interest rate on a bank discount basis), επίσημο προεξοφλητικό επιτόκιο (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), επίσημο τραπεζικό επιτόκιο (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | leszámítolási kamatláb (bank rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tasso ufficiale di sconto (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), tasso di sconto ufficiale (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), tasso di sconto bancario (discount basis rate, interest rate on a bank discount basis), tasso di sconto (Federal discount rate), tasso di attualizzazione (discount factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 割引歩合 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | わりびきぶあい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iscountday ateray taxa oficial de redesconto (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), taxa de desconto oficial (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate), taxa de desconto bancário (bank rate), taxa de desconto (discountable), taxa antecipada (discount basis rate, interest rate on a bank discount basis), cupom de desconto. (various references) банк)учтенный ставка. (various references) tipo de interés abonado al descuento (discount basis rate, interest rate on a bank discount basis), tasa de descuento (discount factor), precios con descuento. (various references) diskonto (discount, official discount), diskonteringsränta (discount basis rate, interest rate on a bank discount basis), officiellt diskonto (bank rate, minimum lending rate, official discount rate, prime lending rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: destruction, detractions, eructations, outdistance. | |
-2 letters: anecdotist, carnotites, contrasted, detraction, discounter, educations, eructation, instructed, introduces, redactions, rediscount, reductants, reductions, rusticated, undercoats. | |
-3 letters: adroitest, aeroducts, anoretics, antidotes, astricted, auctioned, carnotite, catenoids, cautioned, centroids, coattends, coinsured, construed, cornetist, countries, courantes, courtesan, courtside, creations, cretinous, croustade, curtained, custodian, decurions, denturist, dicentras, dictators, doctrines, durations, education, educators, eductions. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: documentarist. | |
+2 letters: counterstained, documentarists. | |
+4 letters: antireductionism, antireductionist. | |
+5 letters: antireductionisms, antireductionists, countertraditions. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 63 6F 75 6E 74 52 61 74 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100011 01101111 01110101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01010010 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s c o u n t   R a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0063 006F 0075 006E 0074 0052 0061 0074 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875856981878086252678671 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, французский, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, греческий, грек, griego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japonés, japansk |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japonés, japansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, португальский, portugués, portugis |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruso, ryss |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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