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rediscount

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[ree-dis-kaunt] / riˈdɪs kaʊnt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to discount again.


noun

  1. an act of rediscounting.

  2. Usually rediscounts. commercial paper discounted a second time.

Etymology

Origin of rediscount

First recorded in 1865–70; re- + discount


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Since 2020, when the world's second-largest economy was first jolted by the coronavirus, the central bank has expanded its arsenal of structural policy tools, including relending and rediscount facilities and other low-cost loans.

From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2023

The Turkish central bank is ready to source unlimited funding for lira rediscount credits extended to exporter companies, a source with knowledge of central bank actions said on Wednesday.

From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2022

China’s outstanding relending and rediscount loans totalled 2.47 trillion yuan at the end of March, a rise of 526.3 billion yuan year-on-year, the central bank said.

From Reuters ● May 6, 2022

This Board has the power to fix the rediscount rates of the Reserve Banks.

From Time Magazine Archive

We do not rediscount our bills in the market either; so every transaction we enter into we have to see through to the very end.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips

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