WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
dis′count rate′, [Finance.]
  1. Businessthe rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
  2. Banking, Businessthe interest rate charged by Federal Reserve Banks on loans to their member banks, usually against government securities as collateral.
  3. Businessthe rediscount rate.
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
discount rate the amount of interest deducted in the purchase or sale of or the loan of money on unmatured negotiable instruments the rate of interest deducted
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