discount
About 6.67 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To sell at a reduced price.
Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.
- verb To sell at a reduced price.
Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.
- verb To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
- verb To disregard or regard as unimportant.
Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.
- verb To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
- verb To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.
- verb To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
- noun A reduction in price.
For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.
Similar words
bank discount discount rate rebate deduction dismiss brush aside brush off ignore disregard price reduction
Often followed by
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Word family
discounted discounter discounters discounting discounts
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