Discount Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent. |
| 2. | to offer for sale or sell at a reduced price: The store discounted all clothing for the sale. |
| 3. | to advance or lend money with deduction of interest on (commercial paper not immediately payable). |
| 4. | to purchase or sell (a bill or note) before maturity at a reduction based on the interest for the time it still has to run. |
| 5. | to leave out of account; disregard: Even if we discount the irrelevant material, the thesis remains mediocre. |
| 6. | to allow for exaggeration in (a statement, opinion, etc.): Knowing his political bias they discounted most of his story. |
| 7. | 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. |
–verb (used without object) | 8. | to advance or lend money after deduction of interest. |
| 9. | to offer goods or services at a reduced price. |
–noun | 10. | the act or an instance of discounting. |
| 11. | an amount deducted from the usual list price. |
| 12. | any deduction from the nominal value. |
| 13. | a payment of interest in advance upon a loan of money. |
| 14. | the amount of interest obtained by one who discounts. |
| 15. | an allowance made for exaggeration or bias, as in a report, story, etc.: Even after all the discounts are taken, his story sounds phony. |
–adjective | 16. | selling or offered at less than the usual or established price: discount theater tickets. |
| 17. | selling goods at a discount: a discount drugstore. |
—Idiom| 18. | at a discount,
| b. | below the usual list price. |
| c. | in low esteem or regard: His excuses were taken at a discount by all who knew him. |
| d. | not in demand; unwanted: Such ancient superstitions are at a discount in a civilized society. |
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Blind Definition–adjective | 1. | unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man. |
| 2. | unwilling or unable to perceive or understand: They were blind to their children's faults. He was blind to all arguments. |
| 3. | not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind tenacity; blind chance. |
| 4. | not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning: She had blind faith in his fidelity. |
| 5. | lacking all consciousness or awareness: a blind stupor. |
| 7. | hard to see or understand: blind reasoning. |
| 8. | hidden from immediate view, esp. from oncoming motorists: a blind corner. |
| 9. | of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously: a blind ad signed only with a box number. |
| 10. | having no outlets; closed at one end: a blind passage; a blind mountain pass. |
| 11. | Architecture. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like. |
| 12. | dense enough to form a screen: a blind hedge of privet. |
| 13. | done without seeing; by instruments alone: blind flying. |
| 14. | made without some prior knowledge: a blind purchase; a blind lead in a card game. |
| 15. | of or pertaining to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested. |
| 16. | of, pertaining to, or for blind persons. |
| 17. | Bookbinding. (of a design, title, or the like) impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil. |
| 18. | Cookery. (of pastry shells) baked or fried without the filling. |
| 19. | (of a rivet or other fastener) made so that the end inserted, though inaccessible, can be headed or spread. |
–verb (used with object) | 20. | to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.: The explosion blinded him. We were blinded by the bright lights. |
| 21. | to make obscure or dark: The room was blinded by heavy curtains. |
| 22. | to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment: a resentment that blinds his good sense. |
| 23. | to outshine; eclipse: a radiance that doth blind the sun. |
–noun | 24. | something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse. |
| 25. | a window covering having horizontal or vertical slats that can be drawn out of the way, often with the angle of the slats adjustable to admit varying amounts of light. |
| 28. | a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, esp. one in which hunters conceal themse
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| 29. | an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge: The store was just a blind for their gambling operation. |
| 31. | Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree. |
| 32. | Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand. |
| 33. | (used with a plural verb ) persons who lack the sense of sight (usually preceded by the): The blind are said to have an acute sense of hearing. |
–adverb | 34. | into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost: He drank himself blind. |
| 35. | without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly: They were driving blind through the snowstorm. |
| 36. | without guidance or forethought: They were working blind and couldn't anticipate the effects of their actions. |
| 37. | to an extreme or absolute degree; completely: The confidence men cheated her blind. |
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