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41Interest Rate — The amount charged, expressed as a percentage of principal, by a lender to a borrower for the use of assets. Interest rates are typically noted on an annual basis, known as the annual percentage rate (APR). The assets borrowed could include, cash …
42internal rate of return — ( IRR) A measure of yield that relates the cash flow from each interest payment and the cash flow from the investment s redemption value at maturity to the purchase price of the investment. It is a present value calculation that reflects the time …
43discount rate — 1) The hurdle rate of interest or cost of capital rate applied to the discount factors used in a discounted cash flow appraisal calculation. The discount rate may be based on the cost of capital rate adjusted by a risk factor based on the risk… …
44inflation rate — /ɪn fleɪʃ(ə)n reɪt/ noun a figure, in the form of a percentage, which shows the amount by which inflation has increased over a period of time, usually a year. Also called rate of inflation ▪▪▪ ‘…the decision by the government to tighten monetary… …
45Heart rate variability — (HRV) is a measure of the beat to beat variations in heart rate. It is usually calculated by analyzing a time series of beat to beat intervals from the ECG or of beat to beat intervals derived from an arterial pressure tracing.Various measures of …
46Strain energy release rate — The strain energy release rate (or energy release rate) is the energy dissipated during fracture per unit of newly created fracture surface area. This quantity is central to fracture mechanics because the energy that must be supplied to a crack… …
47Periodic Interest Rate — The interest rate charged on a loan or realized on an investment over a specific period of time. Most interest rates are quoted on an annual basis. If the interest on the loan or investment compounds more frequent than annually, the annual… …
48discount rate — The hurdle rate of interest or cost of capital rate applied to the discount factors used in a discounted cash flow appraisal calculation. The discount rate may be based on the cost of capital rate adjusted by a risk factor based on the risk… …
49Compound annual growth rate — (CAGR) is a business and investing specific term for the smoothed annualized gain of an investment over a given time period.[1] CAGR is not an accounting term, but remains widely used, particularly in growth industries or to compare the growth… …
50Overtime Rate — The overtime rate calculates the ratio between employee overtime with the planned working times in a specific time period. Interpretation A high overtime rate is an indicator of a temporary or permanent high workload. It could result in a higher… …
