discount

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Verb:
    • (in some senses) enPR: dĭskountʹ, IPA(key): /dɪsˈkaʊnt/
    • (in some senses) enPR: dĭsʹkount, IPA(key): /ˈdɪskaʊnt/
  • Noun and adjective:
  • Rhymes: -aʊnt

Verb

discount (third-person singular simple present discounts, present participle discounting, simple past and past participle discounted)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To sell at a reduced price.
      Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the price of the product.
    2. (rare) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
      Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
    3. To disregard an account or regard as unimportant.
      Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.
      • 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H L Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic , volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
        Of the three opinions, (I discount Brown's), under this head, one supposes that the law of Causality is a positive affirmation, and a primary fact of thought, incapable of all further analysis.
    4. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
      The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
      • 1692, William Walsh, Letter on the present state of the Currency of Great Britain:
        Discount only unexceptionable paper.
    5. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
      The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.
  2. (psychology, transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

Translations

Noun

discount (plural discounts)

  1. A reduction in price.
    This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.
  2. (finance) 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. The rate of interest charged in discounting.
  4. (figurative) A lack or shortcoming.
  5. (psychology, 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.

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  • German: Discount

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Adjective

discount (not comparable)

  1. (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.

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French

Adjective

discount (invariable)

  1. discount

Noun

discount m (plural discounts)

  1. discount

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Italian

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Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, a shortening of English discount store.

Noun

discount m (invariable)

  1. discount store

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English discount.

Noun

discount n (plural discounturi)

  1. discount

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative discount discountul discounturi discounturile
genitive-dative discount discountului discounturi discounturilor
vocative discountule discounturilor