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单词 discountable
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discountableadj.

Brit. /dɪˈskaʊntəbl/, U.S. /ˌdɪˈskaʊn(t)əbəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discount v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < discount v. + -able suffix.
Banking and Finance.
Of a bill of exchange or promissory note: that may be discounted (discount v. 3).In quot. 1800: designating the period within which a bill may be discounted.
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escrowed1946
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1771 W. Gordon & R. Dobson Elem., Anal. & Pract. Arithm. ii. 55 A discountable bill worth £298 18 8.
1800 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 420 Within the discountable period.
1846 Daily News Apr. 2/4 The banks..came in for their share of this additional quantity of discountable paper also.
1918 Econ. Jrnl. 28 392 This bill is discountable at the Bank of England.
1969 Times 9 Apr. 17/4 This [sc. the private discount rate] is the interest rate which the banks pay on discountable notes and acceptances.
1994 M. Quintyn Govt. Securities versus Central Bank Securities (Internat. Monetary Fund) iii. 13 As the Reserve Bank does not allow settlement accounts to go into overdraft, the quantity of discountable bills is important for settlement banks' cash management.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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