Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To sell at a reduced price.

    Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.

    give a reduction in price on

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

    Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

    nachlassen, Nachlass gewähren, einen Rabatt gewähren

    зробити знижкуzrobyty znyžku, зневажатиznevažaty

  3. (transitive)To disregard or regard as unimportant.

    Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.

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

    The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.

    The company's directors were chagrined to learn that banks were suddenly refusing to discount its notes.

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

    The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.

    einkalkulieren, einberechnen, mitberücksichtigen

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

Examples

242 sentences
  1. Would you give me a discount?

    Чи не могли би ви надати мені знижку?

    deKönntest du mir einen Rabatt gewähren?

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  2. Can't you discount it a little?

    Хіба ви не можете надати невелику знижку?

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  3. Could you give me a discount?

    Чи не могли б Ви надати мені знижку?

    ruВы не могли бы дать мне скидку?

    deKönnten Sie mir einen Preisnachlass gewähren?

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  4. I bought the car at a 10% discount.

    Я купив машину зі знижкою 10%.

    ruЯ купил машину со скидкой в 10%.

    deIch habe das Auto mit 10 % Rabatt gekauft.

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  5. I was given a ten percent discount.

    Мені дали десятивідсоткову знижку.

    ruМне сделали десятипроцентную скидку.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like:
to leave out of account:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like:
to leave out of account:
to take into consideration beforehand:

Origin

Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon of

Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.

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Forms

discounts, discounting, discounted, discounted
Base formdiscount · to discount
3rd person singulardiscounts
Present participlediscounting
Past simplediscounted
Past participlediscounted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydiscount
he, she, itdiscounts

Past simpleLesson

all personsdiscounted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave discounted
he, she, ithas discounted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill discount

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relateddiscounter

Collocations

4 patterns
  • get a discount
  • of a discount
  • percent discount
  • a discount did

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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