Chapter 38

Dis*claun"der (?), v. t. [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander.] To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]

Dis*cloak" (?), v. t. To take off a cloak from; to uncloak. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Dis*close" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.] 1. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.

Bacon.

2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.

The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.

Woodward.

3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.

How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown!

Byron.

Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.

Pope.

4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.

If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end.

Addison.

Syn. -- To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.

Dis*close", n. Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.

Dis*closed" (?), p. a. (Her.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey. Cussans.

Dis*clos"er (?), n. One who discloses.

Dis*clo"sure (?; 135), n. [See Disclose, v. t., and cf. Closure.] 1. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.

He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure.

D. Webster.

2. That which is disclosed or revealed.

Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten?

Macaulay.

Dis*cloud" (?), v. t. To clear from clouds. [Archaic] Fuller.

Dis*clout" (?), v. t. To divest of a clout. [R.]

Dis*clu"sion (?), n. [L. disclusio, fr. discludere, disclusum, to separate. See Disclose.] A shutting off; exclusion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Dis*coast" (?), v. i. [Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare.] To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated. [Obs.]

As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie.

G. Fletcher.

To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech.

Barrow.

Dis`co*blas"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; disk + &?; to grow.] (Biol.) Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.

||Dis*cob"o*lus (?), n.; pl. Discoboli (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; a discu + &?; to throw.] (Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus. (b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.

The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.

Dis`co*dac"tyl (?), n. [See Discodactylia.] (Zoöl.) One of the tree frogs.

||Dis`co*dac*tyl"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; disk + &?; finger.] (Zoöl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

Dis`co*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

Dis`co*her"ent (?), a. Incoherent. [R.]

Dis"coid (?), a. [Gr. &?; quoit-shaped, &?; a round plate, quoit + &?; form, shape: cf. F. discoïde. See Disk.] Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.

Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.

Dis"coid, n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.

Dis*coid"al (?), a. [Cf. F. discoïdal.] Disk-shaped; discoid.

Dis"co*lith (?), n. [Gr. &?; a round plate + -lith.] (Biol.) One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about of an inch in its longest diameter.

Dis*col"or (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discolored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discoloring.] [OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F. décolorer, fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color, color color. See Color.] [Written also discolour.] 1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon.

To discolor all your ideas.

Watts.

Dis*col"or*ate (?), v. t. To discolor. [R.] Fuller.

Dis*col`or*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. decoloration.] 1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.

2. A discolored spot; a stain. Arbuthnot.

Dis*col"ored (?), a. 1. Altered in color; stained.

2. Variegated; of divers colors. [R.]

That ever wore discolored arms.

Chapman.

Dis*com"fit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. déconfire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See Comfit, Fact.] 1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.

Spenser.

2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk&?; to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

Well, go with me and be not so discomfited.

Shak.

Syn. -- To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.

Dis*com"fit, a. Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]

Dis*com"fit, n. Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.

Such a discomfit as shall quite despoil him.

Milton.

Dis*com"fi*ture (?; 135), n. [OF. desconfiture, F. déconfiture. See Discomfort, v. t., and cf. Comfiture.] The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.

Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

1 Sam. xiv. 20.

A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace.

Macaulay.

Dis*com"fort (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomforting.] [OF. desconforter, F. déconforter, to discourage; pref. des- (L dis-) + conforter. See Comfort.] 1. To discourage; to deject.

His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us.

Shak.

2. To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive of quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.

Dis*com"fort, n. [OF. desconfort, F. déconfort. See Discomfort, v. t.] 1. Discouragement. [Obs.] Shak.

2. Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow. "An age of spiritual discomfort." M. Arnold.

Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings.

Bp. Hall.

Dis*com"fort*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. desconfortable.] 1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [R.]

A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets.

Thackeray.

-- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

Dis`com*mend" (?), v. t. 1. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove. [R.] Spenser.

By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others.

Jer. Taylor.

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2. To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one.

A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry.

Pepys.

Dis`com*mend"a*ble (ds`km*mnd"*b'l), a. Deserving, disapprobation or blame. -- Dis`com*mend"a*ble*ness, n.

Dis*com`men*da"tion (?), n. Blame; censure; reproach. [R.] Ayliffe.

Dis`com*mend"er (?), n. One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.

Dis`com*mis"sion (?), v. t. To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] Laud.

Dis*com"mo*date (?), v. t. [L. dis- + commodatus, p. p. of commodare to make fit or suitable, fr. commodus fit, commodious. See Commodious, and cf. Discommode.] To discommode. [Obs.] Howell.

Dis`com*mode" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discommoded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discommoding.] [See Discommodate.] To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.]

Syn. -- To incommode; annoy; inconvenience.

Dis`com*mo"di*ous (?), a. Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] Spenser.

-- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.

Dis`com*mod"i*ty (?), n. Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon.

Dis*com"mon (?), v. t. 1. To deprive of the right of common. [R.] Bp. Hall.

2. To deprive of privileges. [R.] T. Warton.

3. (Law) To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating. Burrill.

Dis`com*mu"ni*ty (?), n. A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.

Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent.

Darwin.

Dis*com"pa*ny (?), v. t. To free from company; to dissociate. [R.]

It she be alone now, and discompanied.

B. Jonson.

Dis`com*plex"ion (?), v. t. To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Dis`com*pli"ance (?), n. Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.

A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor.

Pepys.

Dis`com*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discomposing.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. décomposer.] 1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

Or discomposed the headdress of a prude.

Pope.

2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.

Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity.

Glanvill.

3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. -- To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.

Dis`com*posed" (?), a. Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.

Dis*com`po*si"tion (?), n. Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.

Dis`com*po"sure (?; 135), n. 1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

No discomposure stirred her features.

Akenside.

2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. [Obs.] Boyle.

Dis*compt" (?), v. t. [See Discount.] To discount. See Discount. Hudibras.

Dis`con*cert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. déconcerter.] 1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.

The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do.

Thackeray.

Syn. -- To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.

Dis`con*cert" (?), n. Want of concert; disagreement. Sir W. Temple.

Dis`con*cer"tion (?), n. The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.] State Trials (1794).

Dis`con*du"cive (?), a. Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]

Dis`con*form"a*ble (?), a. Not conformable.

Disconformable in religion from us.

Stow (1603).

Dis`con*form"i*ty (?), n. Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.

Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves.

Milton.

Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind.

Hakewill.

Dis`con*gru"i*ty (?), n. Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale.

Dis`con*nect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality.

Burke.

This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals.

Walsh.

Dis`con*nec"tion (?), n. The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.

Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion.

Burke.

Dis*con"se*crate (?), v. t. To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [R.]

Dis`con*sent" (ds`kn*snt"), v. i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton.

Dis*con"so*la`cy (?), n. The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow.

Dis*con"so*late (?), n. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.

Dis*con"so*late (?), a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.

One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate.

Moore.

The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan.

Dryden.

2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray.

Syn. -- Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy.

-- Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv. -- Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.

Dis*con"so*la`ted (?), a. Disconsolate. [Obs.]

A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature.

Sterne.

Dis*con`so*la"tion (&?;), n. Dejection; grief. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Dis`con*tent" (ds`kn*tnt"), a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor.

Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet.

Bunyan.

Dis`con*tent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting.] To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.

Dis`con*tent", n. 1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York.

Shak.

The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent.

Hallam

2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.]

Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents.

Fuller.

Dis*con`ten*ta"tion (?), n. Discontent. [Obs.] Ascham.

Dis`con*tent"ed (?), p. p. & a. Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him.

1 Sam. xxii. 2.

-- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.

Dis`con*tent"ful (?), a. Full of discontent. [R.]

Dis`con*tent"ing, a. 1. Discontented. [Obs.] Shak.

2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying. Milton.

Dis`con*tent"ive (?), a. Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] "Pride is ever discontentive." Feltham.

Dis`con*tent"ment (?), n. The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.

Dis`con*tin"u*a*ble (?), a. Admitting of being discontinued. [R.]

Dis`con*tin"u*ance (?), n. 1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.

2. (Law) (a) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States. (b) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action. (c) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

Syn. -- Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break.

Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. discontinuation.] Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls.

Sir I. Newton.

Dis`con*tin"ue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] [Cf. F. discontinuer.] To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued.

Bp. Burnet.

I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth.

Shak.

Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.

Daniel.

They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.

Holder.

Dis`con*tin"ue, v. i. 1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.

2. To be separated or severed; to part.

Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.

Jer. xvii. 4.

Dis`con*tin`u*ee" (?), n. (Law) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.

Dis`con*tin"u*er (?), n. One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.

He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time.

Fuller.

Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty (?), n. Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.

Dis`con*tin"u*or (?), n. (Law) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.

Dis`con*tin"u*ous (?), a. 1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence.

De Quincey.

2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton.

Discontinuous function (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.

Dis`con*ven"ience (?), n. Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.

Dis`con*ven"ient (?), a. Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.

||Dis*coph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; disk + &?; to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous (#), a.

Dis"cord` (?), n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, - cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.] 1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Prov. vi. 19.

Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.

Burke.

2. (Mus.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.

For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m&?;&?;&?;ing.

Bacon.

Apple of discord. See under Apple.

Syn. -- Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.

Dis*cord" (?), v. i. [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.]

The one discording with the other.

Bacon.

Dis*cord"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. descordable.] That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.] Halliwell.

{ Dis*cord"ance (?), Dis*cord"an*cy (?), } n. [Cf. F. discordance.] State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.

There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.

I. Taylor.

Dis*cord"ant (?), a. [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.] 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.

The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce.

Motley.

2. [See Discord, n., 2.] (Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.

For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart.

Longfellow.

3. (Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.

Syn. -- Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable.

-- Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [R.]

Dis*cord"ful (?), a. Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] "His discordful dame." Spenser.

Dis*cord"ous (?), a. Full of discord. [Obs.]

Dis*cor"po*rate (?), a. Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.] Jas. II.

Dis*cor`re*spond"ent (?), a. Incongruous. W. Montagu.

Dis*cost" (?), v. i. Same as Discoast. [Obs.]

Dis*coun"sel (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.] To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dis"count` (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. décompter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.] 1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.

Discount only unexceptionable paper.

Walsh.

3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.]

Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's).

Sir W. Hamilton.

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Dis"count` (?; 277), v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

Dis"count` (?), n. [Cf. F. décompte. See Discount, v. t.] 1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

3. The rate of interest charged in discounting.

At a discount, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. -- Bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. -- Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. -- Discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. -- True discount, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note.

Dis*count"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.