discount

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   give a reduction in price on

   I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes

2. 2
   verb

   To sell at a reduced price.

   Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.

3. 3
   verb

   To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.

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

4. 4
   verb

   To disregard or regard as unimportant.

   Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.

5. 5
   verb

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

   The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.

6. 6
   verb

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

   The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.

7. 7
   noun

   A reduction in price.

   For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.

8. 8
   noun

   A lack or shortcoming.

   On our approaching the house where the Misses Spenlow lived, I was at such a discount in respect of my personal looks and presence of mind, that Traddles proposed a gentle stimulant in the form of a glass of ale.

Etymology

Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.