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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : verb dis-kount, dis-kount; noun, adjective dis-kount
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈdɪs kaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt; noun, adjective ˈdɪs kaʊnt

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Définition of discount

Origin :
  • 1620s, "abatement," alteration of 16c. French descompte, from Medieval Latin discomputus (source of Italian disconto), from discomputare (see discount (v.)). Meaning "deduction for early payment" is from 1680s; meaning "reduction in the price of goods" attested by 1837.
  • noun reduction in cost
  • verb lower, reduce cost
  • verb ignore; treat as insignificant
Example sentences :
  • Two and two are four and three are seven—take off the discount.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Even in Boston, mellowed though it was by culture, the classical was at a discount.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Social reformers are not in request there, however, and morality is at a discount.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He cannot ask his friends to assist him in the discount of bills.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
  • But I wouldn't wonder if those remarks was subject to a discount.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "Well, maybe we can discount that hundred some for cash," he admitted.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Gold is also rising, and the Bank discount goes daily higher.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
  • Talk about the Jew and the Chinaman; why, they would be at a discount!
  • Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
  • I expect to obtain a discount of at least five-and-twenty per cent.
  • Extract from : « Diary of a Pilgrimage » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • The whole demand for discount was thrown upon the Bank of England.
  • Extract from : « Lord George Bentinck » by Benjamin Disraeli

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