discount
To sell at a reduced priceTo sell at a reduced price.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Would you give me a discount?
Könntest du mir einen Rabatt gewähren? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Könnten Sie mir einen Rabatt gewähren? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Könntet ihr mir einen Rabatt gewähren? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Чи не могли би ви надати мені знижку? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(transitive)To sell at a reduced price.
Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.
give a reduction in price on
(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
(transitive)To disregard or regard as unimportant.
Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.
(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.
(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
To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
Examples
242 sentencesWould you give me a discount?
Чи не могли би ви надати мені знижку? — deniko
deKönntest du mir einen Rabatt gewähren? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Can't you discount it a little?
Хіба ви не можете надати невелику знижку? — deniko
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
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
I was given a ten percent discount.
Мені дали десятивідсоткову знижку. — deniko
ruМне сделали десятипроцентную скидку. — Karok
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon ofAlteration 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 form | discount · to discount |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | discounts |
| Present participle | discounting |
| Past simple | discounted |
| Past participle | discounted |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
6 synonyms- bar from attention or consideration:dismissdisregardbrush asidebrush offpush asideignore
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- get a discount
- of a discount
- percent discount
- a discount did
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.