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<cs><col>At a discount</col>, <cd>below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated.</cd> -- <col>Bank discount</col>, <cd>a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due.</cd> -- <col>Discount broker</col>, <cd>one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker.</cd> -- <col>Discount day</col>, <cd>a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills.</cd> -- <col>True discount</col>, <cd>the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the <i>present value<i> of the note.</cd></cs>

<h1>Discountable</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*count"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; <as>as, certain forms are necessary to render notes <ex>discountable</ex> at a bank</as>.</def>

<h1>Discountenance</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*coun"te*nance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discountenanced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discountenancing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>countenance</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>descontenancer</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82contenancer</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.</def>

<blockquote>How would one look from his majestic brow . . . <b>Discountenance</b> her despised! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The hermit was somewhat <b>discountenanced</b> by this observation. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.</def>

<blockquote>A town meeting was convened to <b>discountenance</b> riot. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discountenance</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*coun"te*nance</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.</def>

<blockquote>He thought a little <b>discountenance</b> on those persons would suppress that spirit. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discountenancer</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*coun"te*nan*cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who discountenances; one who disfavors.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Discounter</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis"count`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who discounts; a discount broker.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Discourage</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*cour"age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discouraged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discouraging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>courage</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>descoragier</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82courager</ets>: pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>corage</ets>, F. <ets>courage</ets>. See <er>Courage</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of <i>encourage</i>; <as>as, he was <ex>discouraged</ex> in his undertaking; he need not be <ex>discouraged</ex> from a like attempt.</as></def>

<blockquote>Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be <b>discouraged</b>. <i>Col. iii. 21.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; <as>as, they <ex>discouraged</ex> his efforts</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.</syn>

<h1>Discourage</h1> <Xpage=422>

<hw>Dis*cour"age</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Lack of courage; cowardliness.</def>

<h1>Discourageable</h1> <Xpage=422>