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
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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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Clothing Definition–noun | 1. | garments collectively; clothes; raiment; apparel. | |
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