English Explanatory Dictionary

discount

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To sell at a reduced price.
  2. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
  3. To disregard or regard as unimportant.
  4. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
  5. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
  6. To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
noun
  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.
  4. A lack or shortcoming.
  5. The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
adj
  1. Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.

Pronunciation

dĭskountʹ /dɪˈskaʊnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-discount (verb).wav dĭsʹkount /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ En-us-discount.ogg

Word forms

discount discounts discounting discounted

Etymology

Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.

Synonyms

rebate reduction

Antonyms

surcharge

Derived words

antidiscount at a discount bank discount bond discount discountability discountable discount card discount department store discounter discount rate five-finger discount five finger discount industry discount nondiscount overdiscount prediscount quantity discount rediscount time discount trade discount undiscountable
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