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discount

See also: Discount

English

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Etymology

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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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  • Verb:
    • (in some senses) enPR: dĭskountʹ, IPA(key): /dɪsˈkaʊnt/
    • (in some senses) enPR: dĭsʹkount, IPA(key): /ˈdɪskaʊnt/
  • Noun and adjective:
  • Rhymes: -aʊnt

Verb

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discount (third-person singular simple present discounts, present participle discounting, simple past and past participle discounted)

  1. (transitive)
    2. To sell at a reduced price.
      Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the price of the product.
    4. (rare) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
      Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
    6. To disregard an account or regard as unimportant.
      Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.
    8. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
      The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
      • 1692, William Walsh, Letter on the present state of the Currency of Great Britain:
        Discount only unexceptionable paper.
    10. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
      The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.
  2. (psychology, transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

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Noun

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discount (plural discounts)

  1. A reduction in price.
    This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.
  2. (finance) 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. (figurative) A lack or shortcoming.
  5. (psychology, transactional analysis) 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.

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Descendants

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  • German: Discount

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Adjective

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discount (not comparable)

  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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Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Adjective

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discount (invariable)

  1. discount

Noun

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discount m (plural discounts)

  1. discount

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Pseudo-anglicism, a shortening of English discount store.

Noun

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discount m (invariable)

  1. discount store

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English discount.

Noun

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discount n (plural discounturi)

  1. discount

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative discount discountul discounturi discounturile
genitive-dative discount discountului discounturi discounturilor
vocative discountule discounturilor
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