Discount Securities Financial Glossary

What is it? (1) Securities that do not pay periodic interest. Investors earn the difference between the discount issue price and the full face value paid at maturity. Treasury bills, bankers acceptances, and zero coupon bonds are discount securities. Most commercial paper is also issued at a discount. (2) Any security that is trading at a price less than par or 100.

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