Meaning of discount | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A reduction in price.
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.
3. injury time, stoppage time , additional time, added time
4. The rate of interest charged in discounting.
5. first-person singular present indicative of descontar
6. A lack or shortcoming.
   figuratively
7. 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.

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Examples

“For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.”

“This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.”

“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.”

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