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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"
Similar: deduct, take off, rebate, knock off, slash,
Opposite: add,
• 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,
Opposite: believe,
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).

at a discount

• below the nominal or usual price.
"a scheme which lets tenants buy their homes at a discount"



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