discounting
verb
Definitions
To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
Example: Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest
Example: the banks discount notes and bills of exchange
To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
To leave out of account or regard as unimportant.
Example: They discounted his comments.