Minimum Lease Payment

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Minimum lease payments are the lowest expected amount that a lessee is expected to pay during the lease term of an asset or property.

Present value calculations are used to discount future lease payments in order to properly account for the time value of money.
Estimates of minimum lease payments use a 90 percent recovery criterion for the investment in an asset, whether it is a capital lease or an operating lease.