rediscount
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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an act of rediscounting.
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Usually rediscounts. commercial paper discounted a second time.
Etymology
Origin of rediscount
Example Sentences
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Since 2020, the central bank has expanded its arsenal of tools, including relending and rediscount facilities and other low-cost loans.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
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
As the Treasury's top money expert, Burgess dabbles in such weighty and occult fiscal matters as rediscount rates and refundings, deals in sums that would frighten a lesser man.
From Time Magazine Archive
I hear that two banks, the London City & Midland with its $525,000,000 of deposits, and Lloyds' Bank, both refused to rediscount.
From The Audacious War by Barron, Clarence W. (Clarence Walker)
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