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
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| 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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Car Definition–noun
| 2. | a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car. |
| 3. | the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc. |
| 4. | British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon. |
| 5. | Literary. a chari
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| 6. | Archaic. cart; carriage. |
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Rental Definition–noun | 1. | an amount received or paid as rent. |
| 2. | t
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| 3. | an apartment, house, car, etc., offered or given for rent. |
| 4. | an income arising from rents received. |
–adjective | 6. | of or pertaining to rent. |
| 8. | engaged in the business of providing rentals: a rental agency. |
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