To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
To leave out of account; to take no notice of.
To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.
A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.
A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores. Jackie Kennedy
Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash? Dennis Miller
I get a special joy in knowing people feel comfortable if they see me in Wal-Mart or in a no-frills section trying to get something on a discount. Angie Stone
My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected. Stockwell Day
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. Mary Schmich
discount in Afrikaans is afslag
discount in Dutch is disconto
discount in French is escompte, escomptent, escompter, remise, rabais
discount in German is Abschlag {m}, Skonto {m}, Abzug {m}, Rabatt {m}
discount in Italian is sconto
discount in Norwegian is rabatt, trekke fra
discount in Portuguese is disconto
discount in Spanish is descuento
discount in Swedish is rabatt
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