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Noun: discount  'dis,kawnt
  1. A reduction in the selling price of something
    - price reduction, deduction
     
  2. Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
    - discount rate, bank discount
     
  3. A refund of some fraction of the amount paid
    - rebate
     
  4. An amount or percentage deducted
    - deduction
Verb: discount  'dis,kawnt
  1. Bar from attention or consideration
    - dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off [informal], push aside, ignore
     
  2. Give a reduction in price on
    "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

Derived forms: discounted, discounts, discounting

Type of: adjustment, allowance, decrease, diminution, interest rate, mark down, rate of interest, reduction, refund, reject, step-down

Encyclopedia: Discount