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11rate — The cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the… …
12rate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 speed/frequency ADJECTIVE ▪ constant, expected, regular, steady, unchanged ▪ slow ▪ the slow rate of change …
13rate — rate1 [ reıt ] noun count *** 1. ) the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a particular period of time: a rising birth rate a dramatic fall in the city s murder rate rate of: The animals were dying at… …
14rate*/*/*/ — [reɪt] noun [C] I 1) the number of times that something happens, or the number of examples of something within a particular period of time a rising birth rate[/ex] areas where the rate of unemployment is high[/ex] 2) the speed at which something… …
15Rate of profit — In economics and finance, the profit rate is the relative profitability of an investment project, of a capitalist enterprise, or of the capitalist economy as a whole. It is similar to the concept of the rate of return on investment. In Marxian… …
16rate — I. /reɪt / (say rayt) noun 1. a certain quantity or amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing and used as a standard or measure: at the rate of 60 kilometres an hour. 2. a fixed charge per unit of quantity: a rate of… …
17rate — 1. A record of the measurement of an event or process in terms of its relation to some fixed standard; measurement is expressed as the ratio of one quantity to another ( e.g., velocity, distance per unit …
18Present value — The amount of cash today that is equivalent in value to a payment, or to a stream of payments, to be received in the future. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * present value present value also present discounted value ➔ value1 * * *… …
19present value — The value at the present time of future *cash flows. The *time value of money implies that units of *money are worth more at present than in the future, owing to the erosion of monetary value caused by inflation. Present values are thereby… …
20Present Value Interest Factor Of Annuity - PVIFA — A factor which can be used to calculate the present value of a series of annuities. The initial deposit, earning interest at the periodic rate (r), perfectly finances a series of (N) consecutive dollar withdrawals. PVIFA is also a variable used… …
