Download or read book Papers and Transactions, 1899-1900, Vol. 6 written by Actuarial Society of America and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Papers and Transactions, 1899-1900, Vol. 6: Nov. 21, 22, 23 and 24; With Index Included, in popular language, under the common name of interest may be recognized, first, the remuneration of professional lenders of money for Short-time loans, called by bankers discount; an excellent term, distinguishing clearly this class of transactions, and worthy to be generally adopted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.