Discount

/dɪsˈkaʊnt/

noun

  1. A reduction in price.

    This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.

  2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

  3. The rate of interest charged in discounting.

Synonyms: rebate, reduction

verb

  1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.

    Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

  2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest

    the banks discount notes and bills of exchange

  3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

adjective

  1. (of a store) Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.

    If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.

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