Discounting

He may "expect" that his income two years hence will be that of a Harvard MBA, but his "expected" income, even allowing for two years of discounting, is clearly less. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To the extent that discounting is appropriate, it is appropriate to discount at the real rate, both for the reasons Arnold states, and because the only opportunity cost of the money is prepaying debt; none of the other government expenditures contemplated are going to increase national income the way private investments do. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nonetheless in discounting intelligent design, theistic evolutionists tend also to appeal to philosophical and theological considerations … ❋ Unknown (2010)

I got the idea of voldemort as hitler, discounting is haritage and pretending to be “pure” when in fact he was not. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So I believe your argument on the extent of Stern's lack of discounting is overdone, even though I think you are right to be skeptical about the value of huge investments on climate change. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps hyperbolic discounting is not an informative account of human behavior. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Half the people say that deep discounting is bad for the consumer, because local game stores server many more people than online stores do, and discounting games leads to their undervaluing. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I like doing soap classes this way so that the concept of superfatting/lye discounting is clear. ❋ Anne-Marie (2007)

In many industries, the government has gone so far as to fix current business models in place by law, effectively outlawing alternative business approaches (e.g. discounting is illegal in German retailing). ❋ Unknown (2004)

A risk portfolio management strategy addresses three important procurement issues: short-term discounting, long-term assurance of supply and price stability, and least-cost infrastructure. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It will be interesting to see how long it takes, and under what circumstances, for the system to get back to being the long-term discounting mechanism, or "weighing," machine that it is supposed to be. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The financial markets look at this from a longer perspective, so even with a short-term discounting of this tragedy, I don't see a long-term impact on the economy," said former central bank official Dariusz Filar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Short-term discounting" had taken some commodity prices below levels required to maintain investment, the analysts said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

a bit hasty in discounting the appeal of the emotions which the engines on the show display, and more specifically, HOW they are displayed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Again, any half-wit in finance understands the idea of discounting future expected losses to present value. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a paper that is forthcoming in the journal Economic Inquiry, I show that not only does the possibility of death imply that organisms value the future less, compared to the present (called discounting in Finance and Economics), it also makes sense to avoid risk in the sense organisms would tend to avoid gambles that have equal probabilities of increasing resources and decreasing resources by an equal amount (called fair lotteries). ❋ Unknown (2010)

His [car] is [falling apart], it's so discount. ❋ South Central (2006)

[Price] got himself some [rocks] discounted. What a [greezy] fuck. ❋ BaBaBooE (2007)

In the famous 1942 Basil [Rathbone] film "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", [Pegleg] displays extreme and bitter discountent when Holmes makes HIM pay [Jack Brady] the required five-pound "information-bribe" out of the ten that Holmes had already given Pegleg to bring Holmes to Jack's carpentry shop. ❋ QuacksO (2019)

[OMG]! [She is] [such a] discount. ❋ TeddyRoo (2007)

He [got] [discounted] by [Bob]. ❋ Muffles (2007)

I got [the 100]% [discount] on this new phone I can't [afford] this game, so I got the 100% discount on it. ❋ Qbou3mT (2016)

It's [o.k]. I didn't spend a [bundle] [on it]; I took the winona discount. ❋ The Destroyer (2003)

*Jenn* How'd you get that bag for such a cheap price [Dani]? *Dani* Just the dirty [discount] [babbby]! ❋ 144 (2010)

[Laquisha]: Damn, you back already? How was your vacation? Jose: I got coats, hats, money, a tray of drinks and I didn't have to pay admission to anything ever. Someone almost gave me a car but the other guy got it first. Laquisha: Word. I got a [Minority Discount] in Seattle. Where's your [hair net] at? ❋ Kipunji (2013)

"Look at this -- [Euan] Taylor, he's been with us fourteen years, for Christ's sake! He ain't going anywhere. Or Bill Parker, he's been here seventeen years! These guys have to get a loyalty discount." - From The [Insiders] by David Charters (http://[tinyurl.com]/98992r) F**k, I was L.D'ed for another year! ❋ LDed (2008)