Discount n. 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.
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.
3.The rate of interest charged in discounting.
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.
Discount v. t. (past & past part. discounted; pres. part. discounting) 1.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.
2.To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. "Discount only unexceptionable paper."
3.To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
4.To leave out of account; to take no notice of. (R.) "Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's)."
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