discounting Meaning & Definition
What Does Discounting Mean?
Discounting is a noun that means The act or process by which something is discounted. The act or process of dismissing from consideration. The act or process of deducting part of a charge, debt, etc. It is also used to mean The act or process of dismissing from consideration. As a verb, it means present participle and gerund of discount. As a verb, it means To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
Discounting Definition (Noun)
- The act or process by which something is discounted. The act or process of dismissing from consideration. The act or process of deducting part of a charge, debt, etc.
- The act or process of dismissing from consideration.
- The act or process of deducting part of a charge, debt, etc.
Discounting as a Verb
- present participle and gerund of discount
Verb
- To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
- To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest
the banks discount notes and bills of exchange
- To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
- To leave out of account or regard as unimportant.
They discounted his comments.
- To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount
- (transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
Synonyms of Discounting
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Discounting synonyms and antonyms →Discounting in a Sentence
Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
the banks discount notes and bills of exchange
They discounted his comments.
Word Forms & Grammar
discounting (countable and uncountable, plural discountings)
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