[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discount \dis"count`\, n. cf. f. d'ecompte. 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 webster

   2. a deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or
      purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of
      interest upon money.
      1913 webster

   3. the rate of interest charged in discounting.
      1913 webster

   at a discount, below par, or below the nominal value;
      hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed;
      depreciated.

   bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate
      on the principal face of a bill or note from the time of
      discounting until it become due.

   discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting
      commercial paper; a bill broker.

   discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank
      discounts bills.

   true discount, the interest which, added to a principal,
      will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. the
      principal yielding this interest is the present value of
      the note.
      1913 webster
see also:
discount at a discount bank discount discount broker discount day true discount 

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