 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 σελίδες
...per cent. ; what rate of interest shall I have for my money ? Ans. £3 13s. 10|d. nearly. DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due. The present worth of any sum of money due at the expiration of a given period of time, is such a sum, as if put out to interest,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 362 σελίδες
...Discount. QUEST. — 258. How is compound interest computed by the Table ? 259. What is discount t What is the present worth of a debt, payable at some future time, without interest ? The present worth of a debt payable at some future time without interest, is that sum which, being... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 402 σελίδες
...found for any given number of years by the Table ? How the interest ? 259. What is discount ? What is the present worth of a debt, payable at some future time, without interest ? The present worth of a debt payable at some future time without interest, is that sum which, being... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 354 σελίδες
...found for any given number of years by the Table ? How the interest ? 259. What is discount ? What is the present worth of a debt, payable at some future time, without interest '. The present worth of a debt payable at some future time without interest, is that sum which, being... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 σελίδες
...6.704751 9.703507 20 2.653298 3.207135 40 7.039989 10.285718 COMPOUND DISCOUNT. Art. 182. COMPOUND DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due, on the supposition that money can be let at compound interest. The present worth of a debt payable... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 426 σελίδες
...justice requires that he should make some Abatement from it. This abatement is called Discount. 429. The present worth of a debt payable at some future time without interest, is that sum which, being put at legal interest, will amount to tlie debt, at the time it becomes due.... | |
 | William Vogdes - 1847 - 324 σελίδες
...of $10000 stock, at 105| per cent., and the broker's commission at ^ per cent. ? DISCOUNT. § 1115. Discount is an allowance made for the payment of money before it becomes due, and is as much as that money, if put to interest, would gain in the same time, and at... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1848 - 434 σελίδες
...justice requires that he should make some abatement from it. This abatement is called Discount. 429. The present worth of a debt payable at some future time •without interest, is that sum which, being put at legal interest, will amount to t/te debt, at the time it becomes due.... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - 1849 - 344 σελίδες
...annum, the interest being compounded halfyearly ? Ans. $3243-398. COMPOUND DISCOUNT. f!9. COMPOUND DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due, on the supposition that the money draws compound interest. at compound interest, wi|l, in the given... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1849 - 176 σελίδες
...10. What principal will, in 8| years, at 6 per cent, amount to $76 ? KF.MAIIK.—The present Korth of a debt, payable at some future time, without interest, is such a sum, as will, in the given time, and at the given rate per cent, amount to the debt. Hence the present worth... | |
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DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due. The present worth of a... 
