💸 Can be cheaper 📉 Can be reduced (finance)

discountable

5.7

Can be sold before its due date for less cash

adjective
/dɪsˈkaʊntəbl/

Specialized

: descontable

Only cash flows that are discountable were included in the project's net present value estimate.

Examples

The bank accepts discountable bills that can be sold before their maturity date.
Not all securities are discountable under the current financial regulations.
This product is discountable if you buy in bulk.
Is this invoice discountable under the current policy?
The bank only lends on discountable notes that can be sold to investors before they mature.
Only discountable contracts are eligible for early cash flow analysis by financial institutions.
Those are the discountable items that the store features in its promotional sales.

Synonyms

sellable

vsdiscountable

2 3.1

Good enough for people to want to buy

is used mainly in finance when value is reduced for early maturity

Surface Forms

discountable positive

Morphology

discountable = discount (transparent) = discount + able

Formed transparently from 'discount' + '-able'; the financial sense is a specialized application but still compositionally clear.

Etymology

Discountable comes from discount and the ending -able; in finance discount means 'to make a future payment smaller' and -able means 'can be done'. So a discountable bill or cash flow is one that can be 'made smaller' by a discount rate or sold before its end, which is why it can be reduced in value.