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 disc
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Shoe Definition–noun | 1. | an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle. | | 2. | an object or part resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. | | 3. | a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal. | | 4. | a ferrule or the like, as of iron, for protecting the end of a staff, pole, etc. | | 6. | the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire. | | 7. | a drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle. | | 8. | a part having a larger area than the end of an object on which it fits, serving to disperse or apply its weight or thrust. | | 9. | the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail. | | 10. | Civil Engineering. | a. | a member supporting one end of a truss or girder in a bridge. | | b. | a hard and sharp foot of a pile or caisson for piercing underlying soil. | | | 11. | a small molding, as a quarter round, closing the angle between a baseboard and a floor. | | 12. | the outwardly curved portion at the base of a downspout. | | 13. | a piece of iron or stone, sunk into the ground, against which the leaves of a gateway are shut. | | 14. | a device on a camera that permits an accessory, as a flashgun, to be attached. | | 15. | a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh. | | 17. | Furniture. | a. | a cuplike metal piece for protecting the bottom of a leg. | | b. | a fillet beneath an ornamental foot, as a pad or scroll foot. | | | 18. | Printing. a box into which unusable type is thrown. | | 19. | a chute conveying grai
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