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Definition of Discount
1. Noun. The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise.
Exact synonyms: Deduction, Price Reduction
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Diminution, Reduction, Step-down
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Diminution, Reduction, Step-down
2. Verb. Bar from attention or consideration. "She dismissed his advances"
Exact synonyms: Brush Aside, Brush Off, Dismiss, Disregard, Ignore, Push Aside
Specialized synonyms: Cold-shoulder, Slight, Discredit, Shrug Off, Pass Off, Flout, Scoff, Turn A Blind Eye, Laugh Away, Laugh Off, Disoblige
Generic synonyms: Reject
Derivative terms: Brush-off, Dismissive, Disregard, Disregard
Specialized synonyms: Cold-shoulder, Slight, Discredit, Shrug Off, Pass Off, Flout, Scoff, Turn A Blind Eye, Laugh Away, Laugh Off, Disoblige
Generic synonyms: Reject
Derivative terms: Brush-off, Dismissive, Disregard, Disregard
3. Noun. Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan.
Exact synonyms: Bank Discount, Discount Rate
Generic synonyms: Interest Rate, Rate Of Interest
Specialized synonyms: Bank Rate
Generic synonyms: Interest Rate, Rate Of Interest
Specialized synonyms: Bank Rate
4. Verb. Give a reduction in price on. "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
5. Noun. A refund of some fraction of the amount paid.
Exact synonyms: Rebate
Generic synonyms: Refund
Specialized synonyms: Rent-rebate
Derivative terms: Rebate
Generic synonyms: Refund
Specialized synonyms: Rent-rebate
Derivative terms: Rebate
6. Noun. An amount or percentage deducted.
Exact synonyms: Deduction
Generic synonyms: Adjustment, Allowance
Specialized synonyms: Trade Discount
Generic synonyms: Adjustment, Allowance
Specialized synonyms: Trade Discount
Definition of Discount
1. v. t. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
2. v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.
3. n. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.
Definition of Discount
1. to reduce the price of [v -ED, -ING, -S]