Definition of discount

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Discount (v.) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills..

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Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts..
Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
Discounter :: Discounter (n.) One who discounts; a discount broker.
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money..
Shave :: Shave (v. t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.
Batta :: Batta (n.) Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins..
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
Face :: Face (n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount..
Discounted :: Discounted (imp. & p. p.) of Discoun.
Discountenanced :: Discountenanced (imp. & p. p.) of Discountenanc.
Discount :: Discount (v.) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills..
Rebate :: Rebate (v. t.) To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties..
Bill Broker :: Bill broker () One who negotiates the discount of bills.
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) The rate of interest charged in discounting.
Discountenancer :: Discountenancer (n.) One who discountenances; one who disfavors.
Discountenancing :: Discountenancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discountenanc.
Discount :: Discount (v.) To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange..
Discount :: Discount (v. i.) To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days..
Agio :: Agio (n.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage..
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