I.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cash discount
discount rate
trade discount
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
appropriate
▪ It recognises that money has a time value by discounting future cash flows at an appropriate discount rate.
▪ It should be fairly obvious that the choice of air appropriate discount rate is a key decision in the capital budgeting process.
▪ Bookings made before the end of November, however, will still qualify for the appropriate discount.
▪ For corporate financial decision making, the selection of an appropriate discount rate follows a conceptually similar process.
▪ In the second section there is discussion as to what is an appropriate discount rate for this technique.
big
▪ More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate.
▪ There is also a new rate schedule for the center that gives community groups a bigger discount.
▪ Recently, car manufacturers have been offering big discounts in a bid to sell more in a depressed market.
▪ Senior Select Savings Plus provides solid discounts on shorter flights, and first-class tickets also can be purchased at a big discount.
▪ This has resulted in several of the unlisted equity stakes being valued at a big discount to the quoted investments.
▪ If you get a big discount and nobody else does, you have a real advantage.
▪ The big fleet operators get the biggest discounts - putting the dealers under pressure to maintain higher prices for private buyers.
▪ Another is to put prices up during a quiet period, then later offer what seem to be big discounts.
deep
▪ Occasionally, rather than face the underwriting costs, purchasers may make the rights issue at a deep discount.
▪ It is clear that deep discount bonds represent liabilities of the issuer since they contain an obligation to make cash payments.
extra
▪ Five percent extra discount for account customers December 28-30.
high
▪ In practice, however, uncertainty is often dealt with through the simple mechanism of assigning higher discount rates to riskier projects.
large
▪ We chose these three prices because most larger loan discounts come into force when you borrow more than £60,000 or £100,000.
▪ Indeed, newly issued bills will have to carry a larger discount to match the higher market rates.
▪ Although the list prices of machines sold direct are cheaper, many dealers are able to offer large discounts on their stock.
▪ Smiths claims the record companies are charging so much that it's having to offer large discounts.
official
▪ The Bundesbank last trimmed a half point off the official discount and Lombard rates on Dec. 14.
▪ The official discount rate is at a historic low of 0. 50 percent.
special
▪ Furthermore, the Brewery loan repayments were re-negotiated and special discounts arranged on the goods they supplied.
▪ Eagle Star is offering its motor policyholders special discounts on alarms and steering wheel locks.
▪ Newly enrolled members of the Fantastic Flyer program also receive special discounts, coupons and other benefits during the year.
▪ Grocery and discount stores give shoppers with buyers' cards special discounts in exchange for permission to gather information on their purchases.
▪ In addition, Robert Adam: Architect of Genius is offered at a special discount price to all visitors to the exhibition.
▪ We don't want any special discounts.
substantial
▪ United Friendly, Perrysurance, Pickfords give substantial discounts for older children.
▪ Zero coupon bonds are sold at, substantial discounts from par but pay no current interest.
▪ Expecially as I get a substantial discount.
▪ Households might have to sell domestic property at a substantial discount because there is no ready second-hand market.
▪ Student Stand-by Scheme For certain events substantial discounts will apply to full-time students only.
▪ Another point worth remembering is that many insurance companies give substantial discounts to mature drivers.
▪ They bought them at a substantial discount.
■ NOUN
broker
▪ If you bought your shares through a discount broker, say the same thing.
▪ Some IFAs-known as discount brokers-will give back part or all of the commissions they receive from the provider.
brokerage
▪ You can also buys shares of the fund through discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp. for a small fee.
▪ Co. has grown rapidly since its early years as a discount brokerage house.
card
▪ Thus, the range discount cards issued by Golf Corp. are still being honored, but none are being sold.
▪ However, a discount card would be easier to handle and the company is considering a number of alternatives to vouchers.
▪ Your discount card can be used against any hairdressing service, including colours and perms.
cash
▪ They can not compete with dealers who offer a warranty, cash discount, credit, part-ex and back-up etc.
▪ The payment will be costed gross and any retention or cash discount will be accounted for in the financial accounts.
▪ It is shown on invoices only. Cash discount is an allowance off a debt given to encourage prompt payment.
▪ A note on discount Cash discounts A supplier may offer a cash discount to a retailer who settles his account promptly.
factor
▪ We will now investigate how the length of the temporary reputation changes as discount factors tend to unity.
▪ In fact as discount factors tend to unity so does the temporary reputation become permanent.
▪ Second, the following approximation to the discount factor is used:.
▪ The temporary reputation achieved by the other types lasts longer and is more profitable as the discount factor tends to unity.
▪ Also,, denotes player A's subjective discount factor, which is used to weight future payoffs.
house
▪ The Bank can choose what rate of interest or rediscount to charge the discount houses.
▪ Bank Rate was the rate at which discount houses could borrow from the Bank in order to meet any shortage of liquidity.
▪ Open market operations are made via the discount houses, but can also be conducted directly with the major clearing banks.
▪ The preference is, however, for the discount houses.
▪ Discount houses have borrowing facilities at the Bank, with limits related to the capital base of each discount house.
▪ In addition there are pension funds, insurance companies, large companies, finance houses, discount houses.
▪ Gerrard &038; National, the venerable City discount house, is not easily swayed from its time-honoured customs.
market
▪ The discount market helps to make a secondary market in this type of paper.
▪ However, the shortage of liquidity is transferred to the discount houses and the discount market.
▪ Secondly, it means that any liquidity shortage initially suffered by banks will be instantly transferred to the discount market.
▪ It will be seen that the bulk of the funding for the discount market comes from banking sector institutions.
▪ The current arrangement is that the Bank will support the discount market by dealing rather than lending.
▪ Arguably the increased demand to buy in the discount market would push up the price and depress the yield.
▪ The oldest of the money markets is the discount market, but there are also the newer sterling and foreign currency markets.
rate
▪ Dealer inquiries welcome - discount rates and proforma invoices on request.
▪ The Bundesbank left the discount rate, the floor for money market rates, unchanged at 3 percent last week.
▪ Their present value is £2.5 billion using a very conservative discount rate of 2 percent.
▪ The official discount rate is at a historic low of 0. 50 percent.
▪ These were calculated with both companies facing 75 percent experience curves and discount rates of 15 percent.
▪ The Bundesbank left its discount rate unchanged yesterday, after lowering a key money-market rate Wednesday.
▪ Adjustment of the discount rate-this is mentioned above.
▪ It also cut the discount rate from 5. 25 percent to 5 percent.
retailer
▪ Matalan, the out-of-town discount retailer, took the biggest hit.
▪ Us Inc. posted a 7 % increase in holiday sales despite a fierce price war among discount retailers.
▪ He walked the aisles of discount retailers, warehouse outlets, and even a few specialty shops.
▪ Sales at stores open at least a year fell 14. 2 % from the year-ago period, the discount retailer said.
▪ The discount retailer said total sales fell 13 % to $ 16. 8 million from $ 19. 3 million.
scheme
▪ The club is a discount scheme to be operated in all the district council's leisure facilities from April.
▪ The disparity is acknowledged in the Bill with an attempt at a discount scheme, but that disparity has not been overcome.
▪ The London discount scheme would just be regional banding in another guise.
▪ Although the Labour party opposes the discount scheme, it does not attempt to address the unfairness inherent in a property tax.
▪ To help out couples with the expense of setting up home Gilmore's have a special discount scheme.
▪ Other companies which have tested customer loyalty discount schemes include Burton subsidiary Evans.
security
▪ To illustrate, consider a discount security with 246 days to maturity with a discount rate of 9.43 percent.
▪ This allows for the fact that a coupon security will pay interest before it matures whereas a discount security will not.
store
▪ Grocery and discount stores give shoppers with buyers' cards special discounts in exchange for permission to gather information on their purchases.
▪ To make matters worse a discount store had opened in the area and it was selling the same beds at £140 each.
▪ The jacket comes from a discount store on Canal Street, part of a discontinued line of two-trousered suits.
▪ Once the site of Seals Stadium, the eight-acre parcel was later home to a White Front discount store.
▪ You can get a comfortable, cozy look with items from department and discount stores.
▪ Increasingly price-conscious consumers are shopping less at department stores and more at discount stores and general merchandise stores.
▪ Their clothes might have come from discount stores or rummage sales.
trade
▪ Standard trade discount is 20%, except by prior arrangement.
▪ Trade discount Suppliers may offer a trade discount to customers who work in the same business.
voucher
▪ As an introductory offer the first 1,000 brochures to be sent will include a 10% discount voucher.
▪ The new Home Delivered Readers Club offers discount vouchers and a card which can result in big savings for the shopper.
■ VERB
buy
▪ They only buy them from discount houses, and then only after the bills are a few weeks old.
▪ Arguably the increased demand to buy in the discount market would push up the price and depress the yield.
cut
▪ Shipping costs can cut deeply into the discounts offered by online retailers.
▪ The central bank is expected to cut its discount rate this quarter, traders said.
▪ It also cut the discount rate from 5. 25 percent to 5 percent.
▪ The Bundesbank last cut its discount rate to 3. 0 percent from 3. 5 percent on Dec. 14.
entitle
▪ Readers who book residential accommodation will be entitled to £20 discount per person, per night.
▪ Mr. Portillo A local authority will record those people who step forward as being entitled to single-person discounts.
▪ Attendance on both days entitles you to a discount of over £50.
▪ Single people have every reason to come forward and declare that they are entitled to a discount.
▪ Where will the list be of people who are entitled to a discount?
▪ How will a local authority find out who is entitled to a discount?
▪ These priority households were also entitled to a discount from the land element in the finished dwelling.
get
▪ And the customer who is getting a very small discount and is always happy?
▪ They get volume discounts at hot-sheet hotels.
▪ Single people get a 25% discount under the council tax.
▪ Smarter people were using auto club or age-group membership cards to get their rooms at discount rates.
▪ Residents in the central area would get a 90 % discount.
▪ Hence, drivers on the Massachusetts Turnpike get coupons for discounts at Staples with their toll receipts.
▪ Airlines that rush to become launch customers get fantastic discounts from manufacturers.
▪ Expecially as I get a substantial discount.
give
▪ United Friendly, Perrysurance, Pickfords give substantial discounts for older children.
▪ We promote them in our newsletter, give our members discounts and do everything we can to help them.
▪ Bus and Rail Holiday Cards give good discounts on tickets.
▪ There are several passes which give discounts on all regular train journeys throughout Britain.
▪ The respondent took this opportunity to add an entry on the computer which gave a 70% discount on the sale.
▪ For example, a warehouse selling car spares may give a discount of 20% to a garage buying spare parts.
▪ A monthly magazine details theatres giving discounts, plus reviews.
▪ Suppliers were forced to give discounts and pay fees to supermarkets to stock their products.
include
▪ The prices begin at $ 110 and include midweek discounts.
▪ As an introductory offer the first 1,000 brochures to be sent will include a 10% discount voucher.
▪ The interest-free credit deal must be based on the lowest price for which the product is available, including discounts.
negotiate
▪ The West says the right approach is for countries to negotiate discounts with the companies.
▪ Grand Met said that tenants could negotiate a discount of £30 or £40 a barrel.
▪ Motability has also negotiated good discounts on new cars on behalf of purchasers.
▪ You can pull out of the purchase or negotiate a discount to cover the costs.
offer
▪ The companies that organise the track days often have a club that offers a discount to their members.
▪ The move signals weak industry sales and will probably force other automakers to offer similar discounts.
▪ Maybe I could have been offered a discount if I brought my wife next time.
▪ About 100 plans offer discounts of 2 percent to 5 percent, Tigue said.
▪ There are other railcards too for pensioners and young people that offer their own discounts.
▪ Magnanimously, I jumped in and offered to pay the discount difference so that my dining friend would not feel cheated.
▪ For investors who also want a return on their perks, several housing companies offer discounts.
▪ Some resorts also offer promotional discounts if you pay with one specific credit card or another.
provide
▪ Clause 79 provides for discount where there is only one or no resident in the property.
▪ Senior Select Savings Plus provides solid discounts on shorter flights, and first-class tickets also can be purchased at a big discount.
qualify
▪ Full-time students may qualify for generous discounts on fees.
▪ Bookings made before the end of November, however, will still qualify for the appropriate discount.
▪ Sketchley requires you to hold 300 ordinary shares, costing about £3.71 each, to qualify for its discount.
▪ Some students will be completely exempt from the tax and some will qualify for discounts.
▪ Although they will not qualify for discounts or bonus shares, they will get a larger allocation.
▪ When making your booking, please quote your subscription number to qualify for the discount.
▪ If a person goes to the town hall and says that he qualifies for a discount, the authority will need proof.
▪ To qualify for an alarm discount previously it was necessary for an annual maintenance agreement to be in force.
raise
▪ The hon. Member for Garscadden raised the issue of discounts and exemptions.
▪ It is interesting to note that there is some all-party support for the idea of raising the discount above 25 percent.
receive
▪ Single householders, who suffered under the rates, will receive a 25 percent discount.
▪ Taylor receive discounts from publishers, which they agree to pass along to customers.
▪ Newly enrolled members of the Fantastic Flyer program also receive special discounts, coupons and other benefits during the year.
▪ Those participating will receive up to 20 percent discount on car insurance rates from the charity's insurance brokers.
▪ Some hotel rooms can take a fourth bed, and in this case the second child will receive a discount of 25%.
▪ Regional Council employees receive ten percent discount on Blindcraft products including beds and bedroom furniture like chairs, stools and headboards.
▪ We believe that a single-person home should receive a discount proportionate to the income of its occupant.
sell
▪ They are sold at a discount, the rise in price bringing a return to the holder as no coupon is paid.
▪ In February 1995, the funds were selling at 11 percent discounts to their NAVs.
▪ Rather than waste unwanted vintages they are sold at a huge discount straight from the barrel - the resulting parties are superb fun.
▪ Zero coupon bonds are sold at, substantial discounts from par but pay no current interest.
▪ All these securities are sold at a discount to their par value.
▪ They sell at discounts to their NAVs, but return about 8 percent a year in interest.
▪ Altogether twelve Superdrug stores will soon sell discount perfumes.
▪ New town development corporations can also sell empty dwellings with discounts of up to 30%.
set
▪ Rather than setting up their own discount arm, food retailers could simply sell cut-price brands in their superstores.
▪ Last month, the commission set similar discounts for business retail rates.
use
▪ If we use the risk-adjusted discount rate of return we will obtain the identical results,, and.
▪ The discounted survivors' benefits can be raised by using a lower discount rate and by allowing for expected growth of benefits.
▪ The cash flow is discounted using the after-tax discount rate, and the present value cost of the loan is therefore £10,000.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Air UK are currently offering tickets to students at a special discount.
▪ Do you get a discount if you pay in cash?
▪ There's a 30% discount on all electrical goods.
▪ Tickets are $9, with a $2 discount for kids.
▪ Workers at the store get a discount on books and records.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Call our Sales Department to inquire about reseller, education, or government quantity discounts.
▪ He had gone on an expedition with his little brother to a discount shopping mall in Reading, Pennsylvania.
▪ If you buy before the end of the year you can also get a 10 % discount on Farmplan accounts software.
▪ Karevoll said many sellers sell properties at a loss, because they can buy a higher-priced property at a discount.
▪ The jacket comes from a discount store on Canal Street, part of a discontinued line of two-trousered suits.
▪ The size of a premium or discount for a currency depends on demand and supply in the forward market for it.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
heavily
▪ With third generation players now on the market, older models are being heavily discounted to shift them out of the shops.
▪ But the chain gets $ 18, 500 for the same ad if the book is more heavily discounted.
■ NOUN
cash
▪ It recognises that money has a time value by discounting future cash flows at an appropriate discount rate.
▪ The result may then be used to discount the unadjusted cash flows.
future
▪ So share prices were justified by discounted future earnings.
▪ This variant has even less relation to a willingness to pay for safety than does the discounted value of future earnings.
▪ Partly, this is a question of discounting the future.
▪ In addition, there is some uncertainty about how to calculate discounted future income for the representative household.
offer
▪ Prices are weekend rates for adults and children; often resorts offer discounts for midweek skiers and seniors.
▪ Group members offer session discounts to patients who pay cash.
percent
▪ The shares closed today at 327. 4, giving shareholders a 23 percent discount.
▪ Two years ago, the shares were selling at $ 19, an 11 percent discount.
possibility
▪ Does the Minister discount that possibility?
▪ Thompson discounted the possibility that Dole would give him the nod.
▪ We can discount the possibility that Fermat was lying: this was a personal note, for him alone to read.
▪ Nor can we discount the possibility that some factor in the diet itself has harmful effects.
price
▪ Compare brochures and shop around on price - many agents discount as much as £200-£300 on brochure prices.
▪ Heavy price discounting by our competitors continued until the Summer which also saw the start of our enhanced special offer programme.
▪ So share prices were justified by discounted future earnings.
rate
▪ When rates are discounted in this way by substantial amounts, bad feeling and discontent may well develop on the site.
▪ At any moment the current spot exchange rate is the anticipated spot exchange rate discounted to the present.
▪ The most attractive remortgage deals now are for a fixed rate, a discounted rate or a capped rate.
result
▪ The markets have already largely discounted this result but we may see shares and the pound slipping a bit further.
▪ One does not have to be a statistician to discount these results.
value
▪ All future costs and benefits should be discounted to their present value for comparison.
▪ For a constant income, the average discounted value of future income is at least about eight times annual income.
▪ This variant has even less relation to a willingness to pay for safety than does the discounted value of future earnings.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Scientists discounted his method of predicting earthquakes.
▪ Some games were discounted to sell for as little as $5.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ They say that supermarkets will overestimate next year's requirements and then force farmers to discount.