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English
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 ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb:
( in some senses ) enPR : dĭskountʹ , IPA (key ) : /dɪsˈkaʊnt/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
( 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 )
To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
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.
To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
To leave out of account or regard as unimportant .
They discounted his comments.
They discounted his suggestion.
They discounted his idea.
1859–1860 , William Hamilton , edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch , Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic , volumes (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.
To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount
( 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
to deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like
to lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest
to take into consideration beforehand
to lend, or make a practice of lending, money
Noun
discount (plural discounts )
A reduction in price.
This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.
( 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.
The rate of interest charged in discounting.
( figurative ) A lack or shortcoming .
( 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.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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Descendants
Translations
reduction in price
Albanian: zbritje (sq) f
Arabic: خَصْم m ( ḵaṣm ) , تَخْفِيض m ( taḵfīḍ ) , حَسْم m ( ḥasm )
Armenian: զեղչ (hy) ( zeġčʻ )
Azerbaijani: endirim
Bashkir: ташлама ( taşlama )
Belarusian: скі́дка f ( skídka ) , зні́жка f ( znížka )
Bengali: ডিসকাউন্ট (bn) ( ḍiśokaunṭo ) , বাটা ( baṭa )
Bulgarian: о́тбив (bg) m ( ótbiv ) , отстъ́пка (bg) f ( otstǎ́pka ) , шко́нто n ( škónto )
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: descompte (ca) m , rebaixa f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 折扣 ( zit3 kau3 )
Mandarin: 折扣 (zh) ( zhékòu )
Czech: sleva (cs) f
Danish: rabat (da)
Dutch: korting (nl) c
Elfdalian: rabatt m
Esperanto: rabato (eo)
Estonian: hinnasoodustus
Faroese: avsláttur m
Finnish: alennus (fi)
French: rabais (fr) m , discompte (fr) m , promotion (fr) f
Georgian: ფასდაკლება ( pasdaḳleba )
German: Rabatt (de) m , Preisnachlass (de) m , Nachlass (de) m , Ermäßigung (de) f
Greek: έκπτωση (el) f ( ékptosi )
Greenlandic: akikillilerut
Hebrew: הֲנָחָה (he) f ( hanakhá )
Hindi: छूट (hi) f ( chūṭ ) , बट्टा (hi) m ( baṭṭā )
Hungarian: kedvezmény (hu) , engedmény (hu) , árengedmény (hu) , árleszállítás (hu)
Icelandic: afsláttur (is) m
Indonesian: diskon (id) , korting (id) , rabat (id)
Irish: lascaine (ga) f , lacáiste m
Italian: sconto (it) m
Japanese: 割引 (ja) ( waribiki ) , 値引き (ja) ( nebiki ) , 差し引く (ja) ( sashihiku )
Kazakh: шегерім ( şegerım )
Khmer: ការបញ្ចុះថ្លៃ ( kaa bɑñcoh thlay )
Korean: 할인 (ko) ( harin )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: daxîn (ku) , îskonto (ku)
Kyrgyz: скидка (ky) ( skidka ) , арзандатуу (ky) ( arzandatuu )
Lao: ສ່ວນລົດ ( sūan lot ) , ການຫລຸດລາຄາ ( kān lut lā khā )
Latvian: atlaide f
Lithuanian: nuolaida f
Luxembourgish: Reduktioun , Rabatt m
Macedonian: попуст m ( popust )
Malay: potongan harga , diskaun (ms)
Maori: whakahekenga utu
Marathi: सूट f ( sūṭ )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хөнгөлөлт (mn) ( xöngölölt )
Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠩᠭᠡᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ ( köŋgelelte )
Northern Sami: vuoládus
Norwegian: avslag (no) n
Bokmål: rabatt m , moderasjon m
Nynorsk: rabatt m , moderasjon m
Ottoman Turkish: اكرام ( ikram )
Pashto: تخفيف (ps) m ( taxfíf )
Persian: تخفیف (fa) ( taxfif )
Polish: opust m , zniżka (pl) f , rabat (pl) m , upust (pl) m , przecena f
Portuguese: desconto (pt) m , abatimento (pt) m
Romanian: reducere (ro) f , discount n , ( now uncommon ) rabat (ro) n
Romansch: rabat m
Russian: ски́дка (ru) f ( skídka ) , диско́нт (ru) m ( diskónt )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀пуст m
Roman: pòpust (sh) m
Slovak: zľava f
Slovene: popust m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: zniženje , rabat
Spanish: descuento (es) m , rebaja (es)
Swahili: diskaunti (sw)
Swedish: rabatt (sv) c , rea (sv) c
Tagalog: awas , deskuwento , tawad
Tajik: тахфиф ( taxfif )
Tatar: ташлама (tt) ( taşlama )
Thai: ส่วนลด (th) ( sùuan-lót )
Turkish: indirim (tr) , iskonto (tr)
Ukrainian: знижка f ( znyžka ) , акція (uk) f ( akcija )
Urdu: چھوٹ f ( chūṭ )
Uyghur: ئېتىبار ( ëtibar )
Uzbek: skidka , kamaytirish (uz)
Vietnamese: bớt giá , sự bớt , sự giảm , sự trừ , sự hạ giá (vi)
Welsh: disgownt
Zazaki: ronayış , cêr ardış
deduction made for interest
rate of interest charged in discounting
Adjective
discount (not comparable )
( 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.
Translations
selling at reduced prices
Further reading
“discount ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“discount ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“discount ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Anagrams
French
Adjective
discount (invariable )
discount
Noun
discount m (plural discounts )
discount
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism , a shortening of English discount store .
Noun
discount m (invariable )
discount store
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English discount .
Noun
discount n (plural discounturi )
discount
Declension