Discount | Mean of discount in English Dictionary
/ˈdɪsˌkaʊnt/
- Noun
- an amount taken off a regular price
- The store offers a two percent discount when customers pay in cash.
- We were able to buy our tickets at a discount. [=for less than the usual price]
- selling goods or services at reduced prices
- a discount store/chain/retailer
- discount airlines
- offered or sold at a reduced price
- discount tickets
- cheaper than usual
- discount prices/rates
- Verb
- to lower the amount of (a bill, price, etc.)
- The vacation plan included a discounted price/rate on our hotel room.
- to lower the price of (a product)
- Car dealers are heavily discounting last year's unsold models.
- to think of (something) as having little importance or value
- You shouldn't discount [=minimize] the importance of studying.
- to believe that (something, such as information, a rumor, etc.) is not worth serious attention
- We can't discount [=dismiss, disregard] the possibility that the economy will worsen in the near future.
- These threats cannot be entirely discounted.