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| NOUN | 1 | discount, price reduction, deduction | The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise |
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| 2 | discount, discount rate, bank discount | Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan | |
| 3 | discount, rebate | A refund of some fraction of the amount paid | |
| 4 | discount, deduction | An amount or percentage deducted | |
| VERB | 1 | discount, dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, push aside, ignore | Bar from attention or consideration |
| 2 | discount | Give a reduction in price on |
| Sounds | dihskaw'nt; dih'skawnt |
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| Rhymes | account, amount, catamount, and 10 more rhymes in awnt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. |
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| Synonyms | price reduction, deduction |
| Broader | decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down |
| Verbs | discount |
| Meaning | Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan. |
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| Synonyms | discount rate, bank discount |
| Narrower | bank rate |
| Broader | interest rate, rate of interest |
| Meaning | A refund of some fraction of the amount paid. |
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| Synonyms | rebate |
| Narrower | rent-rebate |
| Broader | refund |
| Meaning | An amount or percentage deducted. |
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| Synonyms | deduction |
| Narrower | trade discount |
| Broader | allowance, adjustment |
| Verbs | discount |
| Meaning | Bar from attention or consideration. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, push aside, ignore |
| Narrower | slight, cold-shoulder; discredit; shrug off; pass off; scoff, flout; turn a blind eye; laugh off, laugh away; disoblige |
| Broader | reject |
| Meaning | Give a reduction in price on. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes" |
| Entailed by | undersell, undercut |
| Narrower | allow; rebate |
| Broader | mark down |
| Nouns | discount; discount; discounter |