discount

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Derived terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.6 External links 1.7 Anagrams 2 Italian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

Alteration of French décompte < Old French disconter, desconter (“‘reckon off, account back, discount’”) < Mediaeval Latin discomputare (“‘to deduct, discount’”) < Latin dis (“‘away’”) + computare (“‘to reckon, count’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • (in some senses) dĭskount', /dɪsˈkaʊnt/, /dIs"kaUnt/
  • (in some senses) dĭs'kount, /ˈdɪskaʊnt/, /"dIskaUnt/
• Noun and adjective:
  • dĭs'kount, /ˈdɪskaʊnt/, /"dIskaUnt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aʊnt

[edit] Verb

to discount (third-person singular simple present discounts, present participle discounting, simple past and past participle discounted)

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.

[edit] Noun

discount (plural discounts)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (reduction in price): rebate, reduction

[edit] Antonyms

• surcharge

[edit] Derived terms

• quantity discount
• rediscount
• seasonal discount

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

discount (not comparable)

1. Of goods, available at reduced prices; discounted.

   This store specializes in discount wares.

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

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

[edit] External links

• discount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• discount in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• discount at OneLook® Dictionary Search

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: cdinostu
• conduits
• ductions

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[edit] Italian

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English

[edit] Noun

discount m. inv.

1. discount store