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discount   (TTS Sound)

The noun discount has 4 senses

• discount, price reduction, deduction -- (the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise)


• discount rate, discount, bank discount -- (interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan)


• rebate, discount -- (a refund of some fraction of the amount paid)


• deduction, discount -- (an amount or percentage deducted)

The verb discount has 2 senses

• dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore -- (bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances")


• discount -- (give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes")