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Verb:

• (in some senses) dÄ­skount', /dɪsË�kaÊ�nt/, /<tt>dIs"kaUnt</tt>/
• (in some senses) dÄ­s'kount, /Ë�dɪskaÊ�nt/, /<tt>"dIskaUnt</tt>/

Noun and adjective:

• dÄ­s'kount, /Ë�dɪskaÊ�nt/, /<tt>"dIskaUnt</tt>/

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�nt|-a�nt

Etymology
Alteration of F. décompte.

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

1. 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. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of.
5. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

Noun
en-noun

1. A reduction in price.

1. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
2. The rate of interest charged in discounting.

Synonyms
(reduction in price): rebate, reduction

Antonyms

surcharge

Translations

trans-top|reduction in price
Dutch: korting c
French: rabais m
Hebrew: �נ�� (hanakha) f
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Spanish: descuento m
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trans-top|deduction made for interest
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trans-top|rate of interest charged in discounting
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Adjective
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1. Of goods, available at reduced prices; discounted.

#: This store specializes in discount wares.

1. Of a store, specializing in goods at reduced prices.

#: If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.

Category:English heteronyms

ar:discount
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io:discount
id:discount
it:discount
ru:discount
fi:discount
ta:discount
te:discount
vi:discount
tr:discount
zh:discount

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