Discount Allowed: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Discount Allowed

  • the amount by which the seller agrees to reduce his or her price to the customer

Additional Resources

Estate valuation discounts for partial interest in realty.
A half interest in realty in an estate gets a valuation discount. A father owned a 50% share of some lands. His kids owned the other half. When he died, his estate said the value of his 50% stake was less than 50% of the value...
Tags: estate, FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, Investment, Taxes, valuation
Research articles 1997-05-30
Discount Offer To Attract Business
Use this template to announce the discount offer. Discount will have more impact if it has a time limit on it. Be specific about the terms and conditions of the discount to avoid any confusion.
Tags: Best Sample Letters
Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Denial For Price Discount
If your customer has asked you for the discount on the purchase they have made. And as per the company policy you cant give the discount. Use this template to explain your customer about your pricing policy and the discount given on it.
Tags: Discount, Pricing Strategy, FreeBusinessForms.com, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
April 15 deadline looms: Sponsors struggle over contribution size; Corporations put up about $10 billion so far; ultimate amount rests with Congress.(News)
Byline: Gregory Crawford Corporate pension fund contributions this year could surpass last year's nearly $50 billion. But that figure would be much lower if Congress allows a higher discount rate than currently allowed. (see story on Page 2) ...
Tags: asset, company, contribution, pension fund, pension plan, stock, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2004-04-05
DEALS OF THE WEEK: It's a deal
Market Harborough building society has launched the Dynamic Discount mortgage, with 2.25 per cent discount to its standard variable rate for two years, followed by 0.95 per cent over Bank of England base rate - now 4 per cent - for the remaining life of the loan. Maximum loan pounds...
Tags: Bank of England, FINANCE, Mortgages, repayment
Research articles 2002-01-19
Two-Wholesale-Price Contracts: Push, Pull, And Advance-Purchase Discount Contracts
The allocation of inventory ownership affects the inventory availability in a supply chain, which in turn determines the supply chain performance. In this paper, the publisher consider a supplier-retailer supply chain in which the supplier starts production well in advance of the selling season, and the retailer is offered two...
Tags: Supply Chain, St. Louis, Supplier, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
White papers 2006-12-22
A Short-Term Model Of The Fed’s Portfolio Choice
What would happen if the Federal Reserve were to change the assets in its portfolio? Suppose that instead of using open-market operations in Treasury securities to increase the monetary base, the Fed were to engage in open-market operations in private securities or to use discount loans via a mechanism that...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Bank Of Philadelphia, Asset Management, Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations
White papers 2003-04-01
AT&T Offers Union Members a 10% Discount
Members of AFL-CIO unions can now receive a 10% discount on AT&T wireless phone service, along with a $50 savings on new phones and accessories through October 31. Current AT&T/Cingular customers will need to renew their contracts for two years to be eligible for the discount and should give the...
Tags: AT&T Corp.
Research articles 2007-08-01
IRA valued without discount for anticipated tax liability.(individual retirement accounts)
A had two IRAs at the time of her death. Under the trust agreements, the IRAs were not transferable; however, they both allowed the underlying marketable securities to be sold. On Form 706, United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return, A's estate E reduced the...
Tags: asset, estate, FINANCE, income, Sec, Taxes
Research articles 2006-08-01
Alliance's discount deals approved.
Jun 04, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's regulatory authority has approved a discount airfare proposal from the Star Alliance group of airlines. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC ruled that the Alliance's airlines, which include Air New Zealand and...
Tags: alliance, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Strategy
Research articles 2003-06-04
No Borders, Inc. Concludes Agreement with Discount Health Benefit Provider
LOS ANGELES -- No Borders, Inc., (OTCBB: NBDR) announced today the consummation of an agreement with Discount Development Services, LLC which will provide and maintain a discount health benefit program for all participating No Borders' customers. Each No Borders' customer will have the opportunity to purchase the DDS discount package...
Tags: agreement, Borders Books & Music, health care
Research articles 2004-11-17
GM's sales soar 41%
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp.'s sales soared 41 percent in June to their highest monthly total in nearly 19 years thanks to a heavily promoted discount that allowed customers to buy cars and trucks at the employee rate, new sales figures showed Friday. In response, DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler...
Tags: General Motors Corp., SALES
Research articles 2005-07-02
Commerce Insurance announces filing for safe driver discount
WEBSTER, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 11, 1996--The Commerce Insurance Company today announced that it has filed a request with the Massachusetts Division of Insurance to offer a 10 percent automobile insurance discount to drivers with SDIP step 9 or 10 ratings.The company stated that the SDIP discount, if approved, will be combined...
Tags: Business Wire, FINANCE, Insurance, Massachusetts
Research articles 1996-01-11
Announcement Of Special Discount Offer
To attract more customers you are giving discount, and you want announce it. Here a template for announcement of special discount offers.
Tags: Announcement
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
Traditional format remains core focus - Wal-Mart stores
As Wal-Mart churns out new supercenters at a record pace, many observers have questioned the future course of the retailer's flagship discount store business. The traditional store that put the company on the map and allowed it to expand in markets large and small since the first store opened in...
Tags: sales, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Research articles 1999-10-01
Mercantile Discount Bank unveiled. (Barclays Discount Bank to change name to Mercantile Discount Bank)
Beginning May 9, the name of Barclays Discount Bank will be changed to Mercantile Discount Bank Ltd. The name was chosen by the management of Israel Discount Bank Ltd. Barclays Discount has a subsidiary by the name of Israel Mercantile Bank, from whi Beginning May 9,...
Tags: bank, Barclays Plc.
Research articles 1993-04-30
Discount loans meet market need.(Brief Article)
DISCOUNT mortgages could be a wise option for homebuyers in the current climate, an IFA has said. Paul Monk, partner with Merseyside-based Balmoral Associates, said discount mortgages that reverted to the Bank of England base rate would be cost-effective, as he expected interest rates...
Tags: Bank of England, FINANCE, Mortgages
Research articles 2004-11-18
1. Securities firms — full service & discount
This section lists Canadian stock brokers who serve individual investors. Most of the listing refers to the offices in larger cities. You may also want to check the Yellow Pages in your local area for the nearest branch. Discount brokers are in italics and in bold. More and more discount...
Tags: bank, Canada, Clark, Co., investor, Limited, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., security, Toronto, Vancouver
Research articles 1999-07-01
Usury update: where the line is drawn between legal and illegal interest in Arkansas
The Arkansas Constitution has long baffled both pundits and laypersons alike trying to dispel what amount of interest is legal and what is not. Amendment 60 to the Arkansas Constitution, passed in 1982, states that the maximum amount of interest allowed in this State is five percent per year over...
Tags: Arkansas, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE
Research articles 2006-11-13
Discount Investments Sells IDB Holdings
Discount Investments has announced the completion of its sale of 9.5 percent of its parent company, IDB holdings to New York investment house Goldman Sachs for NIS 282 million Discount was very happy with he deal saying it...
Tags: Goldman Sachs & Co.
Research articles 1998-05-15
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