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discount

dis·count

UK/ˈdɪskaʊnt/ US/ˈdɪskaʊnt/ fairly common
verb (2) noun (4)

verb

1.

bar from attention or consideration

  • “She dismissed his advances”
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2.

give a reduction in price on

  • “I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes”

noun

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3.

a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

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4.

Origin

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.

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