discount rate

discount rate
    n 1: 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
       [syn: {discount rate}, {discount}, {bank discount}]
    

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "discount rate":
      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