The exporter may take the accepted bill to a discount bank before the maturity if he is in urgent need of the amount of money.

出口商如果急需用这笔钱，他可以把这个承兑了的汇票拿去贴现银行贴现。

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Instead the committee of bank supervisors has suggested applying a discount, or "haircut", to some European bonds that is supposedly based on market expectations of default.

相反，银行监管委员会已建议对一些预计会被拖欠的的欧洲债券申请一个折扣。

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For each purchase, the bank charges the merchant a commission (discount fee) for this service and there may be a certain delay before the agreed payment is received by the merchant.

对于每笔购买交易，银行都会为此向商户收取手续费(折扣费)，在商户收到同意付款前，可能会有一定延迟。

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So Boston money was probably pretty good because of the Suffolk System but if you tried spending New York money in New Haven Band Note Reporter they would get out the Bank Note Reporter and put a discount on it.

所以，尽管由于Suffolk系统使,波士顿货币很值钱,但是如果你试图,在纽黑文花纽约纸币,他们将拿出,并且折换纸币的价值。

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He tried to sell it to a bank at a discount in the usual way.

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Short sales typically sell for less of a discount and allow a property to avoid bank repossession.

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