How to Use discount rate in a Sentence

discount rate

noun
  • That does not include that just the change of the discount rate.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The discount rate is clearly stated in bold at the top of the agreement.
    — Kyle Westaway, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • To subscribe to the Free Press at discount rates, click here.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2024
  • To subscribe to the Free Press at discount rates, click here.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
  • That reduces the discount rate and makes the pension hole even bigger.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • But most of the time there is a tighter focus on the outlook for earnings and the discount rate.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Saba's choice of discount rate was a major point of contention.
    — Ryan Finley, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • One way to look at it is that the government has a very low discount rate for its own cash flow for taxes.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 25 June 2021
  • At a ten-per-cent discount rate, one life now would be worth a million in a mere century and half.
    — Paul Bloo, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
  • Real yields are a key part of the discount rate applied to future earnings.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2021
  • As that discount rate rises, those future earnings should be worth less to an investor.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Then, as the market cooled, the discount rate slowly began rising again.
    — John Walkup, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
  • If the real interest rate is lower and looks likely to stay that way, discount rates will fall, too.
    — The Economist, 7 Oct. 2017
  • In turn, that hurt tech stocks whose future cash flows are worth less in today’s terms when a higher discount rate is applied.
    — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
  • As employers compete for scarce workers, the discount rate would rise and profits would be squeezed.
    — The Economist, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The greater the risk of an investment, the higher the discount rate, and the lower the present-day value.
    — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • To subscribe to the Free Press at discount rates and read lots of short stories plus some long ones, click here.
    — Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In simple terms, the lower the Treasury yield, the lower the discount rate.
    — Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The break-even ages were 79 without using a discount rate and 84 using it.
    — Robert Powell, USA TODAY, 6 June 2018
  • But a quick look at their discount rate, the average aid package awarded, tells the real story.
    — David Rosowsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The blooms join a range of misshapen produce sold by the retailer at discount rates, part of a program to reduce waste.
    — Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Yet the focus on deal days comes even as retailers hold steady on discount rates—and many consumers look for more than just the lowest price.
    — Alex Vuocolo, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Under a 3% discount rate, for instance, a dollar today would be worth 97 cents in a year.
    — Maxine Joselow, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Equity duration is a measure of how sensitive a stock’s cash flows are to changes in the discount rate.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The discount rate is the sum of two factors, the risk-free interest rate, and and equity risk premium.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2018
  • That compression comes from increasing interest rates, which in turn equal a higher discount rate.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
  • At such high discount rates, the government’s original offer was worth less than 40 cents on the dollar.
    — The Economist, 23 May 2020
  • The discount rate, which is the baseline used to determine the present value of future cash flows, is closely linked to the Fed funds rate.
    — Ronen Cojocaru, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The prospect of higher rates and rocky markets raise the discount rate, curbing what investors are willing to pay for cash flows that stretch far into the future.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Schwartz said higher base prices and frontloaded inventory likely play a part in those higher discount rates.
    — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025

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