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Discount

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Discount [fr. dis and conte, Fr.], abatement; commonly a sum of money deducted from a money obligation in consideration of its payment before the stipulated time.

Discount means the sum of money or the quantity of grain which a prized subscriber is, under the terms of the chit agreement, required to forego and which is set apart under the said agreement to meet the expenses of running the chit or for distribution among the subscribers or for both. [Chit Funds Act, (40 of 1982), s. 2(g)]

Means the difference between the amount received or receivable by the infrastructure capital company or infrastructure capital fund or public sector company issuing the bond and the amount payable by such company or fund or public sector company on maturity or redemption of such bond. [Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 36(1) iii-a Expl.]

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