In order to challenge the fine, I was told that I would have to waive the opportunity to use the early-payment discount - worth 50% of the fine.

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The payment is a 30% discount to the market value of his stake, not including the cost of the 10-year waiting period, which was based on an outside financial firm's assessment of fair value because there are some restrictions on his stock, it said.

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She offers shipping services, payment plans and a 10% discount to repeat buyers.

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Some CFOs will say that they can get both a discount from vendors, plus slow payment.

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The interest rate allows me to discount the value of some cash payment in the future to the value the principle would hold for me if I had it now.

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And the cost to the supplier of immediate cash payment by the bank, in respect of the implicit interest rate or discount on the bill, ought to be tiny - because the bank is in effect lending to the safe big company, which ultimately honours the bill, not to the riskier supplier.

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The new payment system would allow Google to offer retailers more data about their customers and help them target ads and discount offers to mobile-device users near their stores.

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