English dictionary

discount

/'d/I/s,k/&//U/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

noun.act

Synonyms deduction price reduction

Source: WordNet 3.0
interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

noun.possession

Synonyms bank discount discount rate

Source: WordNet 3.0
a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

noun.possession

Synonyms rebate

Source: WordNet 3.0
an amount or percentage deducted

noun.possession

Synonyms deduction

Source: WordNet 3.0
A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

noun

Source: webster1913

bar from attention or consideration

verb.communication

Synonyms brush aside brush off dismiss disregard ignore push aside

Source: WordNet 3.0
give a reduction in price on

verb.possession

Examples
I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes <i>discount</i> five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

verb

Source: webster1913
To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the <i>discount</i> for sixty or ninety days.

verb

Source: webster1913