The discount rate that is shown is the number that you plug into a formula to get the price.

这里显示的折扣率,需要被代入一个公式来获得价格

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Well, there's a formula that's been used by bond traders for hundreds of years and it's a traditional expression, which goes from the discount rate to the price.

这里有个债券交易商,用了上百年的公式,这是个传统表达式,它能用折扣率算得价格

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The boy would go say, we're offering to pay a discount rate of 2.51-- that was the formula and then anyone could do these calculations; they knew what it meant.

小男孩跑去说,我们愿意以2.51%的折扣率买入,公式就是那样用的,每个人都能算出价格,他们知道是什么意思

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