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<hw>Dis*cord"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of discord.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Discorporate</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*cor"po*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jas. II.</i>

<h1>Discorrespondent</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*cor`re*spond"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incongruous.</def>

<i>W. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Discost</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*cost"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Discoast</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Discounsel</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*coun"sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>counsel</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desconseiller</ets>.]</ety> <def>To dissuade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Discount</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis"count`</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discounted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discounting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>desconter</ets>, <ets>descompter</ets>, to deduct, F. <ets>d\'82compter</ets> to discount; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>conter</ets>, <ets>compter</ets>. See <er>Count</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; <as>as, merchants sometimes <ex>discount</ex> five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; <as>as, the banks <ex>discount</ex> notes and bills of exchange</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Discount</b> only unexceptionable paper. <i>Walsh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To leave out of account; to take no notice of.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Of the three opinions (I <b>discount</b> Brown's). <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Discount</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis"count`</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; <as>as, the <ex>discount</ex> for sixty or ninety days</as>.</def>

<h1>Discount</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis"count`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82compte</ets>. See <er>Discount</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The rate of interest charged in discounting.</def>