discount certificate definition

discount certificate

Certificate of deposit (CD) issued at a price lower than its par value. The difference between the price paid by the investor (issue price) and the value at maturity of the deposit is called original issue discount.

discount certificate is in the Accounting & Auditing, Banking, Commerce & Finance, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.

discount certificate appears in the definition of the following term: original issue discount

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