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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So what everybody knows is that the discount is converted into a price according to this formula.

所以每个人都知道,折扣率可以通过这个公式转换成价格

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Effectively, you get interest from this because it's sold at a discount, so the price that you pay is equal to one hundred minus the discount.

实际上,你仍然从中获得利息,因为债券是打折出售的,所以买入价,等于一百减去折扣

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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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If your dealer quotes you a discount rate of 2.51%, you know how to convert that into the price and that's all that matters--all that really matters is the price you have to pay.

如果经销商告诉你折扣率是2.51%,你要知道如何转换成价格,真正和你有关系的,是你需要付多少钱

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