Found 3 items, similar to discount.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: discount diskon, korting, potongan harga
English → English (WordNet) Definition: discount discount n 1: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise [syn: price reduction , deduction] 2: interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan [syn: discount rate, bank discount] 3: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid [syn: rebate] 4: an amount or percentage deducted [syn: deduction] discount v 1: bar from attention or consideration; “She dismissed his advances” [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off , push aside, ignore] 2: give a reduction in price on; “I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Discount Discount \Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days. [1913 Webster] Discount \Dis"count`\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]compte. See Discount, v. t.] 1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. [1913 Webster] At a discount, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. Bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. Discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. True discount, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note. [1913 Webster] Discount \Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d['e]compter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.] 1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills. [1913 Webster] 2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. [1913 Webster] Discount only unexceptionable paper. --Walsh. [1913 Webster] 3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). [1913 Webster] 4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] [1913 Webster] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]