释义 |
rediscount, v. [re- 5 a.] trans. To discount again. So reˈdiscount n.; also attrib., as rediscount rate.
1866Crump Banking ix. 193 Giving great facilities by credit and discounts; which latter were immediately re-discounted. 1892Pall Mall G. 2 Feb. 7/2 A liability on re⁓discounts and foreign bills negotiated. 1896N. Amer. Rev. CLXIII. 750 A central bank of issue and re-discount. 1927New Republic 21 Sept. 108/2 The action of the Reserve Board in ordering the Chicago bank to reduce its rediscount rate from 4 to 3½ percent has resulted in a direct challenge of the Board's authority to compel such a change. 1929Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Mar. 218/3 This..should be corrected by the raising of the Reichsbank rediscount rate and the forcing down of German prices. 1951N.Y. Herald Tribune 15 Nov. 20/2 The rise in the Bank of England rediscount rate from 2 to 2½ per cent. 1970G. Jackson Let. 17 Apr. in Soledad Brother (1971) 223 The missionaries, with the benefits of christendom, school us on the value of symbolism, dead presidents, and the rediscount rate. |