Discount
/dɪsˈkaʊnt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Discount
noun
- A reduction in price.
"This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too."
- A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
- The rate of interest charged in discounting.
- (transactional analysis) The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
verb
- To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
"Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills."
- To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest
"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 or regard as unimportant.
"They discounted his comments."
- To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount
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SYNONYMS
rebatereduction
ANTONYMS
surcharge