discount

noun

A reduction in price.

(finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

The rate of interest charged in discounting.

(figurative) A lack or shortcoming.

(psychology, transactional analysis) The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

verb

(transitive) To sell at a reduced price.

(transitive) To disregard or regard as unimportant.

(transitive) To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.

(transitive) To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

(psychology, transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

(transitive) (rare) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.

adjective

(of a store) Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not computo-count · Latin · reckon, count

Synonyms for discount

rebaten deductionn deductv

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Where does discount come from?

The word discount breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -count, from Latin computo (“reckon, count”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.