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RELATED WORDS : bank discount discount business discount chain discount house discount rate discount store trade discount

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun discount has 4 senses

• discount(n = noun.act) deduction, price reduction - the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise; Array
is a kind of decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
Derived form verb discount₂

• discount(n = noun.possession) bank discount, discount rate - interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan; Array
is a kind of interest rate, rate of interest
has particulars: bank rate

• discount(n = noun.possession) rebate - a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; Array
is a kind of refund
has particulars: rent-rebate

• discount(n = noun.possession) deduction - an amount or percentage deducted; Array
is a kind of adjustment, allowance
has particulars: trade discount
Derived form verb discount₂

Verb discount has 2 senses

• discount(v = verb.communication) brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
is one way to reject
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• discount(v = verb.possession) Array - give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
is one way to mark down
Derived forms noun discount₁, noun discount₄, noun discounter₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

discount

abate, abatement, abjure, abuse, admit, admit exceptions, allow, allow for, allowance, bate, belittle, blink at, borrow, brush aside, brush off, charge off, chuck, chuck out, concede, consider, consider the circumstances, consider the source, contemn, contradict, cut, decline, deduct, deduction, deny, depreciate, derogate, despise, detract from, diminish, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount notes, disdain, dismiss, disown, disparage, dispraise, disregard, draw back, except, exclude, fail, forget, forswear, gloss over, grant, ignore, kick back, knock off, lend, lessen, lift temporarily, lower, make allowance, make allowance for, mark down, minimize, omit, overlook, overpass, pass by, pass over, pass up, provide for, push aside, rebate, rebuff, recant, reduce, reduction, refund, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, relax, relax the condition, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, scout, set aside, shave, shove away, slight, spurn, subtract, subtraction, take, take a premium, take account of, take away, take into account, take into consideration, take off, take out, throw away, throw out, turn away, turn out, waive, write off

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Decrease

VB decrease, diminish, lessen, abridge, shrink, drop off, fall off, tail off, fall away, waste, wear, wane, ebb, decline, descend, subside, melt away, die away, retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble, bate, abate, dequantitate, discount, depreciate, extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away, mitigate, dwarf, throw into the shade, reduce, shorten, subtract.

Decrement

N decrement, discount, defect, loss, deduction, afterglow, eduction, waste.

Money

VB amount to, come to, mount up to, touch the pocket, draw, draw upon, indorse, issue, utter, discount, back, demonetize, remonetize, fiscalize, monetize, circulate, be in circulation, be out of circulation, mint (coins), coin, print (paper currency), inflate, deflate, debase, devalue, revalue, circulate, put in circulation, withdraw from circulation, exchange currencies, change money, charge interest, pay interest, lose interest.

Discount

N discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance, qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio, percentage, rebate, rebatement, backwardation, contango, salvage, tare and tret, sale, bargain, half price, price war, wholesale, wholesale price, dealer's price, trade price, coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon, store coupon, manufacturer's coupon, double coupon discount, triple coupon discount, discounting, at a discount, below par, at wholesale, have a friend in the business.

VB discount, bate, abate, rebate, reduce, price down, mark down take off, allow, give, make allowance, tax.

Qualification

N qualification, limitation, modification, coloring, allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating circumstances, mitigation, condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non, catch, string, strings attached, exemption, exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause, discount, restriction, fine print, qualifying, qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged, conditional, exceptional, hypothetical, contingent, provided, provided that, provided always, if, unless, but, yet, according as, conditionally, admitting, supposing, on the supposition of, with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events, approximately, in a limited degree (smallness), somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak, with grains of allowance, cum grano salis, with a grain of salt, exceptis excipiendis, wind and weather permitting, if possible, subject to, conditioned upon, with this proviso, if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't r, catch-, Degrees of Evidence.

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