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discounting

/ˈdɪskaʊntɪŋ/ /dɪsˈkaʊntɪŋ/

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verb

Descontar, deducir

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.

Examples :

"Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills."

Los comerciantes a veces descuentan el cinco o seis por ciento por el pago rápido de las facturas.

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verb

Prestar dinero deduciendo el descuento

To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest

Examples :

"the banks discount notes and bills of exchange"

Los bancos prestan dinero deduciendo el descuento de pagarés y letras de cambio.

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verb

Considerar, anticipar

To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

Examples :

"Discounting the possibility of rain, we planned a picnic in the park. "

Considerando la posibilidad de lluvia, planeamos un picnic en el parque.

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verb

Descontar, ignorar

To leave out of account or regard as unimportant.

Examples :

"They discounted his comments."

Descontaron sus comentarios.

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verb

Descontar, prestar

To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount

Examples :

"The bank is discounting loans to small businesses, hoping to stimulate the local economy. "

El banco está descontando préstamos a las pequeñas empresas, con la esperanza de estimular la economía local.

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verb

Descontar, ignorar

(transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

Examples :

"She kept discounting her coworker's concerns about the project deadline, insisting her own approach was faster even though it was clearly creating more problems. "

Ella siguió descontando las preocupaciones de su compañera de trabajo sobre la fecha límite del proyecto, insistiendo en que su propio enfoque era más rápido, aunque claramente estaba creando más problemas.

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