discount

CEFRA2

/dɪˈskaʊnt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A reduction in the usual price.

  2. 02

    verb

    To decide that something is not important or true.

Examples

  • Honesty seems to be rather at a discount today.

  • Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.

  2. To disregard or regard as unimportant.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To sell at a reduced price.

More examples

In context

  • Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.

  • Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.

  • Let's get discount tickets.

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Question 1 · Quick check

The store offered a substantial blank on all winter coats during the sale.

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Origin

noun

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.