Discount rate may refer to:
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Social discount rate (of consumption), the rate at which the weight given to future consumption decreases in economic models
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Pure time preference, or utility discount rate, the rate at which the weight given to future utility decreases in economic models
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Annual effective discount rate, an alternative measure of interest rates to the standard Annual Percentage Rate
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Bank rate
Bank rate, also known as discount rate in American English, and (familiarly) the base rate in British English, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on its loans and advances to a commercial bank. The bank rate is known by a numb ...
, the rate of interest a central bank charges on its loans to commercial banks
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Discount yield, a rate used in calculating cash flows
* Fees and other charges associated with
merchant accounts.
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