assumed interest rate

assumed interest rate definition - finance
An interest rate used by an insurance company to calculate the payout on an annuity contract. Typically, a monthly annuity payment correlates to the level of interest rates. See also annuity.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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