Definition of discount

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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..

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Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
Discount :: Discount (v.) To leave out of account; to take no notice of.
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..
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..
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..
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.
Discounter :: Discounter (n.) One who discounts; a discount broker.
Shave :: Shave (v. t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.
Discompt :: Discompt (v. t.) To discount. See Discount.
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..
Chievance :: Chievance (n.) An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount.
Discounted :: Discounted (imp. & p. p.) of Discoun.
Discountenance :: Discountenance (n.) Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
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.) 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..
Batta :: Batta (n.) Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins..
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) The rate of interest charged in discounting.
Discountenancing :: Discountenancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discountenanc.
Discount :: Discount (v. i.) To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days..
Discount :: Discount (v.) To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
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