Graph and download economic data for Discount Rate on Short-Term Commercial Paper in the United Kingdom (DRSTCPUKQ) from Q1 1718 to Q4 2016 about discount, short-term, commercial paper, academic data, United Kingdom, commercial, and rate. Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change Business rates - GOV.UK Skip Commercial paper is an unsecured promissory note with a maturity of 1 - 270 days. The commercial paper market provides a means for corporations to borrow money to cover short-term debt obligations (such as payroll). Commercial paper rates are the rates at which corporations pay in order to borrow this money in the commercial paper market.