Meaning of discount in English

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Verb
discount
Definitions
1. bar from attention or consideration
Examples
- « She dismissed his advances »
Derived terms
2. give a reduction in price on
Examples
- « I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes »
Derived terms
Noun
discount
Etymology
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)
Definitions
1. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
2. interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
3. a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
Derived terms
- rebate
4. an amount or percentage deducted

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