discount

Plural: discounts

Noun

• the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
• interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
• a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
• an amount or percentage deducted
• A reduction in price.
• A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
• The rate of interest charged in discounting.
• A lack or shortcoming.
• 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

Verb Forms: discounted, discounting, discounts

• To deduct an amount from the usual price; to disregard.
• bar from attention or consideration
• give a reduction in price on
  • "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
• To sell at a reduced price.
• To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
• To disregard an account or regard as unimportant.
• To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
• To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
• To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

Adj

• Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.

Examples

• For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.
• If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.
• Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
• Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.
• Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.
• The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
• The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.
• This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.
• You can’t discount the power of a well-placed ’Q’ in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

bank discount, brush aside, brush off, deduction, discount rate, dismiss, disregard, ignore, price reduction, push aside, rebate, reduction

Antonyms

surcharge

Anagrams of discount