English dictionary
discount
/'d/I/s,k/&//U/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
Source: WordNet 3.0
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interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
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a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
Synonyms rebateSource: WordNet 3.0
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an amount or percentage deducted
Synonyms deductionSource: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913
verb
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bar from attention or consideration
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give a reduction in price on
ExamplesI never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes.
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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.
Source: webster1913
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To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the <i>discount</i> for sixty or ninety days.
Source: webster1913