discount

discount
1) A deduction from a bill of exchange when it is purchased before its maturity date. The party that purchases (discounts) the bill pays less than its face value and therefore makes a profit when it matures. The amount of the discount consists of interest calculated at the bill rate for the length of time that the bill has to run.
2) A reduction in the price of goods below list price, for buyers who pay cash (cash discount), for members of the trade (trade discount), for buying in bulk (bulk or quantity discount), etc.
3) To convert a future value into a present value, as by the discounted cash flow method.
4) The amount by which the market price of a security is below its par value. A £100 par value loan stock with a market price of £95 is said to be at a 5% discount.

Accounting dictionary. 2014.

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  • DISCOUNT — DISCOU Pratiquent le discount (le discompte, selon la terminologie française actuelle) les magasins qui, dans le commerce de détail, vendent à des prix inférieurs à ceux des autres détaillants des articles qui font l’objet d’une publicité.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • discount — dis·count 1 / dis ˌkau̇nt/ n: a reduction made from the gross amount or value of something: as a: a reduction made from a regular or list price or a proportionate deduction from a debt account usu. made for prompt payment or for payment in cash b …   Law dictionary

  • Discount — Dis count , n. [Cf. F. d[ e]compte. See {Discount}, v. t.] 1. 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Discount — Dis count (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discounting}.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d[ e]compter to discount; pref. des (L. dis ) + conter, compter. See {Count}, v.] 1. To deduct from an account, debt,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • discount — [n] reduction in cost abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, cut rate, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, knock off*, markdown, modification, percentage, premium, qualification, rebate, remission,… …   New thesaurus

  • Discount — Dis count (?; 277), v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • discount — ► NOUN ▪ a deduction from the usual cost of something. ► VERB 1) deduct a discount from (the usual price of something). 2) disregard as lacking credibility or significance. 3) Finance buy or sell (a bill of exchange) before its due date at a… …   English terms dictionary

  • discount — or discount rate [dis′kount΄; ] for v., also [ dis kount′] n. [< OFr desconter, to count off < ML discomputare: see DIS & COMPUTE] 1. a) a reduction from a usual or list price b) a deduction from a debt, allowed for paying promptly or in… …   English World dictionary

  • Discount — can refer to: Discounts and allowances: reductions to a basic price of goods or services; Discounting: a financial mechanism in which a debtor obtains the right to delay payments to a creditor; Discount (band): a punk rock band that formed in… …   Wikipedia

  • discount — [DISCÁUNT] s. n. reducere de preţ pentru un cumpărător anumit, în anumite condiţii de achiziţionare a mărfii. (< engl. discount) Trimis de raduborza, 15.08.2008. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • discount — / diskaʊnt/, it. /di skaunt/ s. ingl. (propr. sconto ), usato in ital. al masch. (comm.) [pubblico esercizio che vende beni di consumo in grandi quantità e a prezzi scontati] ▶◀ ‖ ipermercato, supermarket, supermercato …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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