DISCOUNT
\dˈɪska͡ʊnt], \dˈɪskaʊnt], \d_ˈɪ_s_k_aʊ_n_t]\
Definitions of DISCOUNT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
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a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
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give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
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To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
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To leave out of account; to take no notice of.
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To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.
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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.
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A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
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The rate of interest charged in discounting.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
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To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
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To leave out of account; to take no notice of.
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To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.
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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.
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A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
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The rate of interest charged in discounting.
By Noah Webster.
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A sum deducted or allowed for prompt payment of an account; a deduction made according to the current rate of interest.
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To deduct a sum from for prompt payment: advance money on, deducting a certain rate per cent; allow for exaggeration in, as a story.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A sum taken from the count or reckoning: a sum returned to the payer of an account: a deduction made for interest in advancing money on a bill.
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To allow discount: to advance money on, deducting discount.
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To practice discounting.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To deduct; make an allowance; take with exception or doubt, as a statement; discredit.
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To buy or cash, as notes, for less than face value; cash with deduction of interest yet to accrue.
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To draw on in advance, as income or prospects; anticipate.
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An amount deducted; interest deducted in advance for cashing notes, etc.
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The act of discounting.
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The rate of discount.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A sum refunded in making a purchase, or returned on payment of an account, or deducted for prompt payment; a trade allowance on settlement of accounts;—a deduction made for interest in advancing money upon a bill or note not due;—act of discounting.