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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A reduction in price.

   “This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   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. Meaning 3 · noun

   The rate of interest charged in discounting.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   (transactional analysis) 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.

5. Meaning 5 · verb

   To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.

   “Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.”

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest

   “the banks discount notes and bills of exchange”

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To leave out of account or regard as unimportant.

   “They discounted his comments.”

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount

10. Meaning 10 · verb

    (transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

11. Meaning 11 · adjective

    (of a store) Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.

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

How this word is used

• Everyday “This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.”
• Everyday “Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.”
• General “the banks discount notes and bills of exchange”
• General “They discounted his comments.”
• Everyday “If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.”

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