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This term can refer either to the cash flows of an instrument (Discount instruments) or to its basis of market quotation (Discount rate).
Internal Rate of Return.
 
 
<span style="color:#4B0082">'''Example: Discount basis calculation'''</span>
 
An instrument is quoted - on a <u>discount basis</u>, one period before its maturity - at a discount of 10% per period.
 
This means that it is currently trading at a price of 100% LESS 10% = 90% of its terminal value.
 
(The periodic ''yield'' on this instrument is 10% / 90% = 11.11%.  So if the same instrument had been quoted on a <u>yield basis</u>, then the quoted yield per period = 11.11%.)
 
 
The relationship between the periodic discount rate (d) and the periodic yield (r) is:
 
r = d / (1 - d)
 
So in this case:
 
r = 0.10 / (1 - 0.10)
 
r = 0.10 / 0.90
 
= 11.11%




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Discount instruments]]
* [[Discounted cash flow]]
* [[Discount rate]]
* [[Internal rate of return]]
* [[Sterling commercial paper]]
* [[Net present value]]
* [[US commercial paper]]
* [[Yield basis]]
* [[Effective annual rate]]
* [[Nominal annual rate]]
* [[Periodic discount rate]]
* [[Periodic yield]]

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