–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, a. Commerce. below par. 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.

–noun

1.	a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.

2.	the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.

3.	an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home.

4.	the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.

5.	the place 1173 or region where something is native or most common.

6.	any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home.

7.	a person's native place or own country.

8.	(in games) the destination or goal.

9.	a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.

10.	Baseball. home plate.

11.	Lacrosse. one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.

–adjective

12.	of, pertaining to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products.

13.	principal or main: the corporation's home office.

14.	reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust.

15.	Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season. Compare away (def. 11).

–adverb

16.	to, toward, or at home: to go home.

17.	deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home.

18.	to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home.

19.	Nautical. a. into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails sheeted home. b. in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home. c. toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.

–verb (used without object)

20.	to go or return home.

21.	(of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.) to proceed, esp. under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location (often fol. by in on): The missile homed in on the target.

22.	to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes.

23.	to have a home where specified; reside.

–verb (used with object)

24.	to bring or send home.

25.	to provide with a home.

26.	to direct, esp. under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.

—Idioms

27.

at home, a. in one's own house or place of residence. b. in one's own town or country. c. prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home. We are always at home to her. d. in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has 7f1 a way of making everyone feel at home. e. well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics. f. played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds: The Yankees played two games at home and one away.

28.	bring home to, to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for: The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her.

29.	home and dry, British Informal. having safely achieved one's goal.

30.	home free, a. assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc.: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free. b. certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc.: With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free.

31.	write home about, to comment especially on; remark on: The town was nothing to write home about. His cooking is r 3e8 eally something to write home about.

–noun

1.	the act of a person who shops.

2.	the facilities or merchandise available to those who shop: Chicago has good shopping.

–adjective

3.	of, for, or pertaining to examining and buying merchandise: a shopping trip. 1173

–noun

1.	a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.

2.	a group of persons organized for a social, literary, athletic, political, or o 1173 ther purpose: They organized a computer club.

3.	the building or rooms occupied by such a group.

4.	an organization that offers its subscribers certain benefits, as discounts, bonuses, or interest, in return for regular purchases or payments: a book club; a record club; a Christmas club.

5.	Sports. a. a stick or bat used to drive a ball in various games, as golf. b. Indian club.

6.	a nightclub or cabaret: Last night we went to all the clubs in town.

7.	a black trefoil-shaped figure on a playing card.

8.	a card bearing such figures.

9.	clubs, (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked: Clubs is trump. Clubs are trump.

10.	club sandwich.

11.	Nautical. a. a short spar attached to the end of a gaff to allow the clew of a gaff topsail to extend beyond the peak of the gaff. b. a short spar attached to the truck of a mast to support the upper part of a club topsail. c. clubfoot (def. 3).

–verb (used with object)

12.	to beat with or as with a club.

13.	to gather or form into a clublike mass.

14.	to unite; combine; join together.

15.	to contribute as one's share toward a joint expense; make up by joint contribution (often fol. by up or together): They clubbed their dollars together to buy the expensive present.

16.	to defray by proportional shares.

17.	to hold (a rifle, shotgun, etc.) by the barrel, so as to use the stock as a club.

–verb (used without object)

18.	to combine or join together, as for a common purpose.

19.	to attend a club or a club' 1e5 s activities.

20.	to gather into a mass.

21.	to contribute to a common fund.

22.	Nautical. to drift in a current with an anchor, u be0 sually rigged with a spring, dragging or dangling to reduce speed.

–adjective

23.	of or pertaining to a club.

24.	consisting of a combination of foods offered at the price set on the menu: They allow no substitutions on the club luncheon.