Meaning

5 senses
  1. A reduction in price.

    For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.

    This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.

    Rabatt, Preisnachlass, Nachlass

    ски́дкаskídka, диско́нтdiskónt

    зни́жкаznýžka

    the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

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

    Abgeld, Disagio, Abschlag

    диско́нтdiskónt

    диско́нтdyskónt

  3. The rate of interest charged in discounting.

  4. (figuratively)A lack or shortcoming.

  5. 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.

Examples

242 sentences
  1. Would you give me a discount?

    Чи не могли би ви надати мені знижку? — deniko

    deKönntest du mir einen Rabatt gewähren? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Can't you discount it a little?

    Хіба ви не можете надати невелику знижку? — deniko

  3. Could you give me a discount?

    Чи не могли б Ви надати мені знижку? — ChickenKiev

    ruВы не могли бы дать мне скидку? — sharptoothed

    deKönnten Sie mir einen Preisnachlass gewähren? — Espi

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

    Я купив машину зі знижкою 10%. — deniko

    ruЯ купил машину со скидкой в 10%. — heccele

    deIch habe das Auto mit 10 % Rabatt gekauft. — Fingerhut

  5. I was given a ten percent discount.

    Мені дали десятивідсоткову знижку. — deniko

    ruМне сделали десятипроцентную скидку. — Karok

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
reduction in price:
deduction made for interest:
Русский
By meaning 1
reduction in price:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
reduction in price:
deduction made for interest:

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

plural: discounts
Singulardiscount
Pluraldiscounts

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
reduction in price:reductionB1rebate
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
discount — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto