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Meaning and definition for "discount" word
[noun] an amount or percentage deducted
[noun] a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
[noun] interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
[verb] bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
[verb] give a discount on
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\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.
\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. 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. The rate of interest charged in discounting. {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.
Synonyms for discount
bank discount, brush aside, brush off, deduction, deduction, discount rate, dismiss, disregard, ignore, price reduction, push aside, rebate
See also: adjustment | allow | allowance | bank rate | cold-shoulder | decrease | diminution | discredit | disoblige | flout | interest rate | laugh away | laugh off | mark down | pass off | rate of interest | rebate | reduction | refund | reject | rent-rebate | scoff | slight | step-down | trade discount | turn a blind eye |
Related terms: allow, contradict, derogate, disapprove, dispraise, except, fail, gloss over, grant, knock off, lift temporarily, provide for, rebate, reduction, reject, renounce, set aside, shove away, spurn, subtract, take out, write off
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Let's analyse "discount" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNUOCSID. Average typing speed for these characters is 2135 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
discount: 9 + 6 + 3 = 18, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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