Dietary fiber is the edible parts of plants or analogous carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine, with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine. Dietary fiber includes polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, lignin, and associated plant substances.
The theoretical rate of return attributed to an investment with zero risk. The risk-free rate represents the interest on an investor's money that he or she would expect from an absolutely risk-free investment over a specified period of time. Next Up.
The MARR is often decomposed into the sum of the following components (range of typical values shown): 1  Traditional inflation-free rate of interest for risk-free loans: 3-5%. 2  Expected rate of inflation: 5%. 3  The anticipated change in the rate of inflation, if any, over the life of the investment: Usually taken at 0%.