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discounter|dɪˈskaʊntə(r)|
[f. discount v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who discounts a bill or note; i.e. either the person who, before it is due, pays the amount with deduction of discount, or the person who obtains cash for it in this way: see discount v. 3.
1732De Foe Eng. Tradesman I. Suppl. ii. 391 These discounters of bills are sometimes bit. 1791Burke Let. Member Nat. Assembly Wks. VI. 17 The whole gang of usurers, pedlars, and itinerant Jew-discounters. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. iii. xi. §4 A bill of exchange..discounted, and kept in the portfolio of the discounter until it falls due. 1861Goschen For. Exch. 38 The purchaser of the bills in this case takes the place of the discounter of accommodation paper. 1883E. P. Hood Scot. Char. iii. 59 ‘Oh, you need not hesitate about him, Mr. Carrick [the banker]’, said the proposed discounter. 1884J. Bacon in Law Rep. 26 Ch. Div. 134 The discounter, whether of a bill, or bond, or any other security, becomes the owner.
2. One who is involved in discount trading.
1921A. Wall Analytical Credits v. 246 It is essential for him to be known in the trade as a discounter. 1964Economist 1 Feb. 411/1 The discounters—a terribly misleading word for retail traders who take only a modest profit. 1964Times Rev. Industry Apr. 72/3 Retailers of other merchandise, such as shoes, jewellery, [etc.]..have also sought to cut their losses by leasing departments from discounters. |