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Discount :: Discount (v. t.) A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted..

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.) The rate of interest charged in discounting.

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.

Discountenancing :: Discountenancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) 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..

Discounted :: Discounted (imp. & p. p.) of Discoun.

Fratricelli :: Fratricelli (n. pl.) A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli..

Discountenancer :: Discountenancer (n.) One who discountenances; one who disfavors.

Disfavor :: Disfavor (v. t.) To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.

Bill Broker :: Bill broker () One who negotiates the discount of bills.

Discount :: Discount (v.) To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange..

Discountenanced :: Discountenanced (imp. & p. p.) of Discountenanc.

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.

Discounting :: Discounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discoun.

Discount :: Discount (v. i.) To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days..

Discountenance :: Discountenance (n.) Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.

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..

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..

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