| William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...Anf. £588 §s. No. 305. No. 305. DISCOUNT. Difcount is an allowance made for the payment ot any fum of money before it becomes due ; and is the difference between that fum due fome time hence, and its prefent worth. The prefent worth of any fum of money, or debt, due... | |
| Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...7^- per cent. ? , Ans. 91!. i os. DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of, any sum of money before it becomes due ; and is the difference...sum due some time hence, and its present worth. The The present worth of any sum, or debt, due some time hence is such a sum, as, if put to interest, would... | |
| Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1802 - 350 pages
...aad from the fum deducting the payment, £c. DISCOUNT Is an allowance made for the payment of any fum of money, before it becomes due, and is the difference between that fum, due fome time hence, and its prefent worth. The prefent worth of any fum, or debt, due fome time... | |
| William M. Finlay - Accounting - 1803 - 272 pages
...charged 4 per cent. ? Ans. §4882.50. * See Problem III. Arithmetical Progression. Relate or Discount. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it becomes due, and is less than interest by the interest of the interest for the given time. Therefore, the present -worth... | |
| Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1807 - 370 pages
...and from the fum deducting the payment, &c. DISCOUNT Is an allowance made for the payment of any fum of money, before it becomes due, and is the difference between that fum due fome time hence, and its prefent worth. The prefent worth of any fum, of debt, due fome time... | |
| Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 466 pages
...7| per cent. ? Ans. 911. 10s. DISCOUNT. DISC0UNT is .in allowance, made for the payment of any sum of money before it becomes due ; and is the difference...that sum, due some time hence, and its present worth. 9*** The present worth of any sum, or debt, due some time hence, is such a sum, as, if put to interest,... | |
| William Butler - Arithmetic - 1811 - 548 pages
...Anf. £60 and £9>o. No. 577. DISCOUNT. — Difcount is an allowance made for the payment of any fum of money before it becomes due ; and is the difference between that fum due fome time hence, and its prefent worth. The prefent worth of any fum of money, or debt, due... | |
| Samuel Webber - Arithmetic - 1812 - 260 pages
...at 7{ per cent. ? Ans. 911. 10g. DISCOUNT. DISC0UNT is an allowance, made for the payment of any sum of money before it becomes due ; and is the difference between that sum, due sometime hence, and its present worth. The present tvarth of any sum, or debt, due some time hence,... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1816 - 222 pages
...8f B 205 per arm. $11. DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of any sum of moiiey before it becomes due, and is the difference between that sum, due sometime hence, and its present worth. The present uwrth of any sum or debt due some time hence, is... | |
| Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...cent ? Ans. g 13 89£ cts. DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of any sum •f money before it becomes due ; and is the difference...that sum due some time hence, and its present worth. Tbejiresent worth of any sum, or debt, due sometime hence, is such a sum, as, if put to interest, would... | |
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