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REDISCOUNT [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Investment
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The resale of a negotiable instrument by the purchaser.

OBS

rediscount: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Investissements et placements
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Opération par laquelle une banque fait escompter auprès d'un autre établissement de crédit, ou encore auprès de la banque centrale, un effet qu'elle avait elle-même escompté.

OBS

Le réescompte par la banque centrale permet, selon qu'il est plus ou moins important, d'agir sur le volume du crédit et sur la masse monétaire.

OBS

réescompte : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Inversiones
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Operación por la que una entidad financiera descuenta a otra entidad financiera los efectos ya descontados por esta última.

OBS

redescuento: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 1998-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Resale of instruments such as banker's acceptances already discounted by lender, usually with central bank or discount house, at a price less than the face value.

CONT

When the Federal Reserve System was started, it was thought that discount policy would be most important of all. The idea was to have member banks "rediscount" their customers' promissory notes, sending them over to the Reserve Banks in return for new cash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
  • Comercio exterior
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