at a discount

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at a discount

  1. Below the usual price; below face value.
  2. (figuratively) In low regard; not in demand.
    • 2003 April 14, Lord McCarthy, “Obituary: Lord Gladwin of Clee”, in The Guardian[1]:
      It is not that there are no replacements for such as Derek Gladwin; the tragedy is that there are. It is rather that, nowadays, long service and ideological constancy are at a discount as you move upwards.

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