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to discount

to discount

36 1.7
To sell something at a lower price than usual
  • verb
  • /ˈdɪsˌkaʊnt/
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  • The store will discount all items by 20% for the holiday sale.
  • discount prices
  • discount the cost
  • discount fees

That's two whole months of discounted shipping absolutely free.

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Examples

  • Please visit our stand for discounted goggles and masks.

    Mickey 17 (2025)

  • Well, I guess you'll be getting some discounted drinks then.

    Trucker (2008)

  • I think that they need to maybe discount things slightly more than brand new though.

  • If the agency refuses to discount, it should be prepared to explain itself.

    Academic text (2001)

  • We're going to be discounting, sorry.

    Meet Kevin

  • Cost varies for each video; however, most are discounted when purchased as a set.

    Academic text (2001)

  • They discounted your shirts by 20%?

    Tall Girl 2 (2022)

  • "I'm waiting until school's out to get the discounted winter stuff, whatever's left."

    Fiction book (1993)

  • When you get back to the gift shop, I've got crocodylus T-shirts at discounted rates, especially for you guys.

    Crocodylus: Mating Season (2023)

  • And that will entitle you to reserve one of the first batch of the 'transCendenZ' by PilgrImage game modules to hit the market at a seriously discounted price.

    eXistenZ (1999)

Synonyms

to knock off
vsto discount
12 4.3

Lower the price by a set amount

reduces price more generally, not necessarily by a fixed amount
to mark down
vsto discount
6 2.5

To lower the price of something

is the same action but named with a single-word term

Antonyms

increase
524 1.0

The extra amount added to something to make it larger

to inflate
30 4.4

To make the amount or price of something increase

Phrasal Verbs

to get a discount
13 1.8

To pay a lower price when you buy something

to ask for a discount
1 2.1

To tell a seller you want a lower price

Compounds

discount store
8 1.8

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

steep discount
1 2.5

A much lower price than usual on an item

discount chain
  • UK
1 3.0

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

five-finger discount
  • NSFW
1 9.9

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

discount house
1 3.2

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

discount business
3.0

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 Much

to slash
79 3.7
to discount
36 1.7
to mark down
6 2.5
to reduce
∞ 1.6
to cut
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

discount infinitive
discounted past
discounted past participle
discounting present participle
discounts third person singular

Morphology

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

The verb is formed by prefixation (dis- + count) meaning 'to deduct' or 'take away from the total'; while the morphological process is regular, the pricing sense is a specific usage that may not be fully transparent to all learners.

Etymology

Discount as a verb comes from dis- and count, meaning to 'count less' or take something off, so to discount a price is to lower it. That is why shops say they will discount items to sell them for less.