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Discount

//dɪˈskaʊnt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Noun
  1. 1
    A reduction in price.

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

  2. 2
    the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise wordnet
  3. 3
    A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
  4. 4
    an amount or percentage deducted wordnet
  5. 5
    The rate of interest charged in discounting.
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  1. 6
    a refund of some fraction of the amount paid wordnet
  2. 7
    A lack or shortcoming. figuratively

    "On our approaching the house where the Misses Spenlow lived, I was at such a discount in respect of my personal looks and presence of mind, that Traddles proposed a gentle stimulant in the form of a glass of ale."

  3. 8
    interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan wordnet
  4. 9
    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.
Verb
  1. 1
    To sell at a reduced price. transitive

    "Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product."

  2. 2
    bar from attention or consideration wordnet
  3. 3
    To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc. rare, transitive

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

  4. 4
    give a reduction in price on wordnet
  5. 5
    To disregard or regard as unimportant. transitive

    "Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments."

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  1. 6
    To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest. transitive

    "The banks discount notes and bills of exchange."

  2. 7
    To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). transitive

    "The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates."

  3. 8
    To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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