noun, verb
noun [C,U] an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of sth
SYNREDUCTION:
to get / give / offer a discount * discount rates / prices * a 10% discount * They were selling everything at a discount (= at reduced prices). * a discount shop (= one that regularly sells goods at reduced prices) * Do you give any discount?
verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (as sth) (formal) to think or say that sth is not important or not true:
We cannot discount the possibility of further strikes. * The news reports were being discounted as propaganda.
2 to take an amount of money off the usual cost of sth; to sell sth at a discount:
discounted prices / fares * Most of our stock has been discounted by up to 40%.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for discount is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does discount appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — discount appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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