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discount rate

noun

1. the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System

• Regions:

↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A.

• Hypernyms: ↑interest rate, ↑rate of interest

2. interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

• Syn: ↑discount, ↑bank discount

• Hypernyms: ↑interest rate, ↑rate of interest

• Hyponyms: ↑bank rate

Useful english dictionary. 2012.