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discounting

/ˈdɪskaʊntɪŋ/ /dɪsˈkaʊntɪŋ/

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verb

Déduire, escompter

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

Examples :

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

Les commerçants déduisent parfois cinq ou six pour cent pour le paiement rapide des factures.

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verb

Prêter de l'argent en déduisant l'escompte

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

Examples :

"the banks discount notes and bills of exchange"

Les banques prêtent de l'argent en déduisant l'escompte sur les billets et les lettres de change.

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verb

Prendre en considération, anticiper

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. "

En ne prenant pas en considération la possibilité de pluie, nous avons prévu un pique-nique dans le parc.

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verb

Ignorer, ne pas tenir compte de

To leave out of account or regard as unimportant.

Examples :

"They discounted his comments."

Ils ont ignoré ses commentaires.

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verb

Escompter, consentir un prêt

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. "

La banque escompte des prêts aux petites entreprises, dans l'espoir de stimuler l'économie locale.

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verb

Nier, ignorer

(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. "

Elle a continué à nier les inquiétudes de sa collègue concernant le délai du projet, insistant sur le fait que sa propre approche était plus rapide, même si elle créait clairement plus de problèmes.

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