'discount rate' definitions:
Definition of 'discount rate'
(from WordNet)
noun
The rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System
noun
Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan [syn: discount rate, discount, bank discount]
Synonyms of 'discount rate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bank rate,
- compensatory interest,
- compound interest,
- exorbitant interest,
- gross interest,
- interest,
- interest rate,
- lucrative interest,
- mortgage points,
- net interest,
- penal interest,
- premium,
- price,
- price of money,
- rate,
- rate of interest,
- simple interest,
- usury