Definitions for discount
ˈdɪs kaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt; ˈdɪs kaʊntdis·count

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. discount, price reduction, deductionnoun

   the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

2. discount rate, discount, bank discountnoun

   interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

3. rebate, discountnoun

   a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

4. deduction, discountverb

   an amount or percentage deducted

5. dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignoreverb

   bar from attention or consideration

   "She dismissed his advances"

6. discountverb

   give a reduction in price on

   "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discountnoun

   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. discountnoun

   A reduction in price.

3. discountnoun

   The rate of interest charged in discounting.

4. discountverb

   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.

5. discountverb

   To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.

6. discountverb

   To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

7. discountverb

   To leave out of account; to take no notice of.

8. discountverb

   To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

9. discountadjective

   Of goods, available at reduced prices; discounted.

   This store specializes in discount wares.

10. discountadjective

    Of a store, specializing in goods at reduced prices.

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

11. Etymology: Alteration of décompte, from disconter, desconter, from discomputare, from dis + computare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Discountnoun

   The sum refunded in a bargain.

   Etymology: dis and count.

   His whole intention was, to buy a certain quantity of copper money from Wood at a large discount, and sell them as well as he could. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

2. To Discountverb

   To count back; to pay back again.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   My father’s, mother’s, brother’s death I pardon:
   My prayers and penance shall discount for these,
   And beg of heav’n to charge the bill on me. John Dryden, Don. Seb.

   The farmers spitefully combin’d,
   Force him to take his tithes in kind;
   And Parvisol discounts arrears,
   By bills for taxes and repairs. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Discount

   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. Discount

   to lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange

3. Discount

   to take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event)

4. Discount

   to leave out of account; to take no notice of

5. Discountverb

   to lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days

6. Discountverb

   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

7. Discountverb

   a deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money

8. Discountverb

   the rate of interest charged in discounting

9. Etymology: [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. dcompter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Discount

   dis′kownt, n. a sum taken from the reckoning: a sum returned to the payer of an account: a deduction made for interest in advancing money on a bill.—v.t. Discount′, to allow discount: to advance money on, deducting discount: to put a reduced value on, as in an extravagant statement or fabulous story.—v.i. to practise discounting.—adj. Discount′able.—ns. Dis′count-brok′er, one who cashes notes or bills of exchange at a discount; Discount′er.—At a discount, below par: not sought after: superfluous: depreciated in value. [O. Fr. descompter, des—L. dis, away, compter, to count.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DISCOUNT

   Something often sold in place of goods.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'discount' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4117

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'discount' in Nouns Frequency: #1624

Anagrams for discount »

1. conduits

2. ductions

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of discount in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of discount in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of discount in a Sentence

1. Barry Oxford:

   The market has changed very much since Uber and Lyft went public. What investors want now is an appropriate discount to price in the risk and have greater comfort that it won't fall below the IPO price.

2. Li Jiali:

   On my phone I have Meituan, Baidu and Ele.me, and I use whichever one has the biggest discount.

3. Steve Neeleman:

   Wouldn’t you like a 40 percent discount on your medical care? Just putting your money in your HSA and using that will do it.

4. Kara Stein:

   The rule would include many of the website disclosure requirements that are in existing orders such as disclosing the ETFs current net asset value per share, market price, and premium or discount - each as of the prior business day.

5. Eric Marshall:

   There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding reforms, causing prison REITs to trade at a discount to the REITs that aren't tied to government spending, but you've already seen them pull back, meaning that from here there's more upside than downside potential.

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