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Glossary Term: DISCOUNT

Definition(s) for DISCOUNT:

1. ) The amount by which the price for a security or bond sells below its par or face value. The discount or difference between such a reduced value purchase price and the redemption (par) value comprises all or part of the investor's compensation for owning the security.

2. ) The amount by which a preferred stock or bond may sell below its par value. See Premium.

3. ) An option is trading at a discount if it is trading for less than its intrinsic value. A future is trading at a discount if it is trading at a price less than the cash price of its underlying index or commodity. See also Intrinsic Value and Parity.

4. ) An adjective used to describe an option that is trading at a price less than its intrinsic value (i.e., trading below parity).

5. ) When the market price of a newly issued security is lower than the issue price.


See Also:
DEEP DISCOUNT, DISCOUNT SECURITIES, DISCOUNT RATE, LIQUIDITY DISCOUNT, ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (OID), ACCRETION (OF A DISCOUNT), ACCRUED DISCOUNT, BOND DISCOUNT, DEEP-DISCOUNT BOND, DISCOUNT ARBITRAGE, DISCOUNT FACTOR, DISCOUNT INTEREST, DISCOUNT PAYMENT, DISCOUNT PERIOD, DISCOUNT YIELD
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