'Discount' definitions:

Definition of 'discount'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise [syn: discount, price reduction, deduction]
noun
Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan [syn: discount rate, discount, bank discount]
noun
A refund of some fraction of the amount paid [syn: rebate, discount]
noun
An amount or percentage deducted [syn: deduction, discount]
verb
Bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore]
verb
Give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books- they sell like hot cakes"

Definition of 'Discount'

From: GCIDE
  • Discount \Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d['e]compter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. [1913 Webster]
  • Discount only unexceptionable paper. --Walsh. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Discount'

From: GCIDE
  • Discount \Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Discount'

From: GCIDE
  • Discount \Dis"count`\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]compte. See Discount, v. t.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. [1913 Webster]
  • At a discount, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated.
  • Bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due.
  • Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker.
  • Discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills.
  • True discount, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'discount'

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Words containing 'Discount'