discount rate – n : finance/accounting term; rate used to discount cash flows to determine the present value of future expected cash flows. In finance, it is accepted that $1 today is worth more than $1 tomorrow. A company’s discount rate allows it to determine how much $1 tomorrow (or one year from now, or ten years from now) is worth today.

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