discount
noun
• a deduction from the usual cost of something.
• "rail commuters get a discount on season tickets"
Similar:
reduction,
deduction,
markdown,
price cut,
cut,
lower price,
cut price,
concession,
concessionary price,
rebate,
discount
verb
• deduct an amount from (the usual price of something).
• "a product may carry a price which cannot easily be discounted"
• regard (a possibility or fact) as being unworthy of consideration because it lacks credibility.
• "I'd heard rumours, but discounted them"
Similar:
disregard,
pay no attention to,
take no notice of,
take no account of,
pass over,
overlook,
dismiss,
ignore,
brush off,
gloss over,
disbelieve,
give no credence to,
reject,
pooh-pooh,
take with a pinch of salt,
Origin:
early 17th century: from obsolete French descompte (noun), descompter (verb), or (in commercial contexts) from Italian ( di)scontare, both from medieval Latin discomputare, from Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + computare (see compute).