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3 unusual facts about discounts and allowances


Charles Alexandre de Calonne

In October 1785 he recoined the gold coinage, and he developed the caisse d'escompte (dealing in cash discounts).

Discount

Discounts and allowances, reductions to the basic prices of goods or services

Discounts and allowances

Shell, Ellen Ruppel, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, New York : Penguin Press, 2009.


Cowboy Junkies: The Platinum and Gold Collection

It is the second compilation of the band's singles released by RCA in just three years, following 2001's Best of the Cowboy Junkies, and is part of the label's Platinum and Gold Collection series of discount-priced singles anthologies.


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