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discount

discount

260 1.0
A lower price offered for something, often shown as a percent
  • noun
  • /ˈdɪsˌkaʊnt/
translation icon : descuento
  • And today, our viewers are going to get a special discount on Beams Dream Powder.
  • discount prices
  • offer discounts
  • rebates and discounts

Because there is a discount code for the merch.

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Examples

Synonyms

deduction
vsdiscount
115 3.0

An amount taken away from a total, for example from pay

refers specifically to an amount or percent taken off a usual price
rebate
vsdiscount
42 3.5

A part of money returned to someone who paid too much

reduces the listed price at sale rather than giving money later
price cut
vsdiscount
3 1.4

A fall in the amount you pay for something

is the general term for an amount or percentage off
price reduction
vsdiscount
3 2.0

Making goods or services cheaper

refers to a specific amount or percent by which price is lowered
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vsdiscount
  • US
2 3.8

A reduction in a product's price to encourage sales

is the neutral term not implying a sales purpose
steep discount
vsdiscount
1 2.5

A much lower price than usual on an item

is the general term covering reductions of any size
trade discount
vsdiscount
  • Specialized
3.1

A reduction in the price shown given to a shop for buying large amounts of goods

covers price reductions in all sales, not only business-to-business deals

Antonyms

markup
  • Specialized
16 4.4

Extra money added to the cost of goods to sell them for a profit

Compounds

A shop that sells things like food and clothes for lower prices

discount rate
  • Specialized
6 4.9

Interest rate a central bank charges banks for borrowing money

A much lower price than usual on an item

1 3.0

A group of shops owned by the same company that sell goods at low prices

An act of stealing small items from a shop, often said as a joke

A shop that sells goods at lower prices than regular stores

discount rate
  • Specialized
1 4.7

Interest taken from the loan amount before you receive the money

A shop or company that sells goods at lower prices than usual

bank discount
  • Specialized
7.0

A bank takes interest off a loan before you get the money

trade discount
  • Specialized
3.1

A reduction in the price shown given to a shop for buying large amounts of goods

How Large

fire sale
9 4.2
discount
260 1.0
markdown
  • US
2 3.8
reduction
451 3.2

Surface Forms

discount singular
discounts plural

Morphology

discount = count (semi-transparent) = dis + count

The form is analyzable as dis- + count, but the price-reduction meaning is a lexicalized commercial sense and is not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Discount comes from parts dis- (meaning 'away') and count, so it began as the idea of 'counting away' or taking something off a total. That's why a discount is the amount or percent you 'take off' the usual price.