Non-discount


[verb dis-kount, dis-kount; noun, adjective dis-kount] /verb ˈdɪs kaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt; noun, adjective ˈdɪs kaʊnt/

verb (used with object)
1.
to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.):
All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
2.
to offer for sale or sell at a reduced price:
The store discounted all clothing for the sale.
3.
to advance or lend money with deduction of interest on (commercial paper not immediately payable).
4.
to purchase or sell (a bill or note) before maturity at a reduction based on the interest for the time it still has to run.
5.
to leave out of account; disregard:
Even if we discount the irrelevant material, the thesis remains mediocre.
6.
to allow for exaggeration in (a statement, opinion, etc.):
Knowing his political bias they discounted most of his story.
7.
to take into account in advance, often so as to diminish the effect of:
They had discounted the effect of a decline in the stock market.
verb (used without object)
8.
to advance or lend money after deduction of interest.
9.
to offer goods or services at a reduced price.
noun
10.
the act or an instance of discounting.
11.
an amount deducted from the usual list price.
12.
any deduction from the nominal value.
13.
a payment of interest in advance upon a loan of money.
14.
the amount of interest obtained by one who discounts.
15.
an allowance made for exaggeration or bias, as in a report, story, etc.:
Even after all the discounts are taken, his story sounds phony.
adjective
16.
selling or offered at less than the usual or established price:
discount theater tickets.
17.
selling goods at a discount:
a discount drugstore.
Idioms
18.
at a discount,

verb (mainly transitive) (dɪsˈkaʊnt; ˈdɪskaʊnt)
1.
to leave out of account as being unreliable, prejudiced, or irrelevant
2.
to anticipate and make allowance for, often so as to diminish the effect of
3.

4.
to sell or offer for sale at a reduced price
5.
to buy or sell (a bill of exchange, etc) before maturity, with a deduction for interest determined by the time to maturity and also by risk
6.
(also intransitive) to loan money on (a negotiable instrument that is not immediately payable) with a deduction for interest determined by risk and time to maturity
noun (ˈdɪskaʊnt)
7.
a deduction from the full amount of a price or debt, as in return for prompt payment or to a special group of customers See also cash discount, trade discount
8.
Also called discount rate

9.

10.
the act or an instance of discounting a negotiable instrument
11.
at a discount

12.
(modifier) offering or selling at reduced prices: a discount shop
n.

1620s, “abatement,” alteration of 16c. French descompte, from Medieval Latin discomputus (source of Italian disconto), from discomputare (see discount (v.)). Meaning “deduction for early payment” is from 1680s; meaning “reduction in the price of goods” attested by 1837.
v.

1620s, “reckon as an abatement or deduction,” from Old French desconter (13c., Modern French décompter), from Medieval Latin discomputare, from dis- (see dis-) + computare “to count” (see count (v.)). Hence, “to abate, deduct” (1650s), and figurative sense “to leave out of account, disregard” (1702). Related: Discounted; discounting.
see: at a discount

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