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discount market

noun

  1. a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.


discount market

noun

  1. the part of the money market consisting of banks, discount houses, and brokers on which bills are discounted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of discount market1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

On one consideration only does that depend—‌the amount of accepted long bills which the London discount market will stand.

The decline in Bank rate was accompanied by a fall in the open discount market and early in February rates dropped to 1-11/16.

On one consideration only does that depend—the amount of accepted long bills which the London discount market will stand.

But it is always assumed by the bankers that these funds placed in the discount market can be called in readily at any moment.

Hence the note-broker is to-day an important factor in the discount market.

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