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discount

/verb dis-kount, dis-kount; noun, adjective dis-kount/US // verb ˈdɪs kaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt; noun, adjective ˈdɪs kaʊnt //

折扣,贴现,打折,折价

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to deduct a certain amount from: All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
    • : to offer for sale or sell at a reduced price: The store discounted all clothing for the sale.
    • : to advance or lend money with deduction of interest on.
    • : to purchase or sell before maturity at a reduction based on the interest for the time it still has to run.
    • : to leave out of account; disregard: Even if we discount the irrelevant material, the thesis remains mediocre.
    • : to allow for exaggeration in: Knowing his political bias they discounted most of his story.
    • : to take into account in advance, often so as to diminish the effect of: They had discounted the effect of a decline in the stock market.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to advance or lend money after deduction of interest.
    • : to offer goods or services at a reduced price.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act or an instance of discounting.
    • : an amount deducted from the usual list price.
    • : any deduction from the nominal value.
    • : a payment of interest in advance upon a loan of money.
    • : the amount of interest obtained by one who discounts.
    • : an allowance made for exaggeration or bias, as in a report, story, etc.: Even after all the discounts are taken, his story sounds phony.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : selling or offered at less than the usual or established price: discount theater tickets.
    • : selling goods at a discount: a discount drugstore.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbignore; treat as insignificant
Forms: discounted

Examples

  • We’ll send you a lightweight, waterproof WHOOP fitness tracker and a code for a discounted, six-month membership.

  • Amazon says this is a one-day sale, though the 128GB model has been discounted to $19 for the past week if you don't need as much storage.

  • Furthermore, outside of sports, there isn’t much new programming for people to watch at the moment, which could be leading TV networks to discount their rates.

  • That means the other species with similar teeth we discounted before … may be megapredators too.

  • Value should also benefit from the tightening of that yawning, steepest-ever discount to growth.

  • Target was established in 1962 by the Dayton brothers as a discount offshoot of their eponymous Twin Cities department store.

  • So we would not discount that there is a future in the Alicia-Finn relationship.

  • Both discount retail stores (Target) and high-end luxury brands (Valentino & YSL) have regularly enlisted him for campaigns.

  • In other words, because I am not like that, I can discount what you are saying.

  • Now, the Green Bay Packers quarterback is a Super Bowl champion, most valuable player, and State Farm Discount Double-Check guy.

  • Germany invests money abroad, but she seems to borrow as much, and more, in the discount markets of London and Paris.

  • A discount allowed by the company for the punctual payment of premiums belongs not to the agent, but to the insured.

  • During the war the government often obtained ready money by issuing bills at 20 per cent discount.

  • This neglect of a welcome seemed sadly to discount the value of the great hysterical demonstrations made when the troops departed.

  • A liberal discount to clubs, societies, or individuals, where several are taken.