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discount house
discount house n 1. (Banking & Finance) chiefly Brit a financial organization engaged in discounting bills of exchange, etc on a large scale primarily by borrowing call money from commercial banks 2. (Commerce) chiefly US another name for discount store dis′count house`
n. a store that sells much of its merchandise at less than the usual price. Also called dis′count store`. [1945–50] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  discount house - a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted pricediscount store, discounter, wholesale housemercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goodsdiscount chain - a chain of discount stores |
Translationsdiscount house
discount house - a financial institution (unique to the UK financial system) which specializes in the buying and selling of commercial BILLS OF EXCHANGE and government TREASURY BILLS. See DISCOUNT MARKET.
- RETAILERS who sell products at low prices by bulk buying, accepting low margins and selling high volumes.
discount house a financial institution (unique to the UK financial system) that specializes in the buying and selling of short-dated commercial BILLS OF EXCHANGE and government TREASURY BILLS in the DISCOUNT MARKET. They make their profit by borrowing money short-term from COMMERCIAL BANKS (CALL MONEY) and lending money for longer periods (up to three months), the small differential in interest rates between their short-term borrowing and longer-term lending constituting their profit. See TENDER ISSUE.discount house
Synonyms for discount housenoun a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted priceSynonyms- discount store
- discounter
- wholesale house
Related Words- mercantile establishment
- outlet
- retail store
- sales outlet
- discount chain
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