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discount.

To sell at a reduced price.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɪˈskaʊnt//ˈdɪskaʊnt/
  1. To sell at a reduced price.

    transitive
    Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.
  2. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.

    rare · transitive
    Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
  3. To disregard or regard as unimportant.

    transitive
    Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.
  4. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.

    transitive
    The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
    The company's directors were chagrined to learn that banks were suddenly refusing to discount its notes.
  5. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

    transitive
    The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.
  6. To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

Where this word comes from

Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.

noun/ˈdɪskaʊnt/
  1. A reduction in price.

    For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.
    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.

  4. A lack or shortcoming.

    figuratively
  5. The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

Where this word comes from

Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.

adj/ˈdɪskaʊnt/
  1. Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.

    not-comparable
    If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.
Where this word comes from

Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.

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