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discount

('d/I/s,k/&//U/nt )

the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise(noun.act)

Synonym:
deduction, price reduction

source: wordnet30
interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan(noun.possession)

Synonym:
bank discount, discount rate

source: wordnet30
a refund of some fraction of the amount paid(noun.possession)

Synonym:
rebate

source: wordnet30
an amount or percentage deducted(noun.possession)

Synonym:
deduction

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

bar from attention or consideration(verb.communication)

Synonym:
brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside

source: wordnet30
give a reduction in price on(verb.possession)

Example:
I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes.

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.(verb)

source: webster1913

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