discount
Pronunciation: /dɪˈskaʊnt/
The English word “discount” has 12 meanings listed here.
verb
- To sell at a reduced price.
- To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
- To disregard 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.
noun
- 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.
adjective
Etymology
Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.
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