Discount Meaning
/dɪˈskaʊnt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
verbTo sell at a reduced price.
verbTo deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
Sentence Examples
Honesty seems to be rather at a discount today.
Let's get discount tickets.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The store offered a substantial ____ on all winter coats during the sale.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Honesty seems to be rather at a ____ today.
Word Origin & History
Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Of the three opinions, (I discount Brown's), under this head, one supposes that the law of Causality is a positive affirmation, and a primary fact of thought, incapable of all further analysis."
— a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC:
"Discount only unexceptionable paper."
— 1692, William Walsh, Letter on the present state of the Currency of Great Britain:
"On our approaching the house where the Misses Spenlow lived, I was at such a discount in respect of my personal looks and presence of mind, that Traddles proposed a gentle stimulant in the form of a glass of ale."
— 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
Explore More A2 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
The store offered a substantial ____ on all winter coats during the sale.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Honesty seems to be rather at a ____ today.