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Watch Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed. | | 2. | to look or wait attentively and expectantly (usually fol. by for): to watch for a signal; to watch for an opportunity. | | 3. | to be careful or cautious: Watch when you cross the street. | | 4. | to keep awake, esp. for a purpose; remain vigilant, as for protection or safekeeping: to watch with a sick person. | | 5. | to keep vigil, as for devotional purposes. | | 6. | to keep guard: She was assigned to watch at the door. | |
–verb (used with object) | 7. | to keep under attentive view or observation, as in order to see or learn something; view attentively or with interest: to watch a play; to watch a football game. | | 8. | to contemplate or regard mentally: to watch his progress. | | 9. | to look or wait attentively and expectantly for: to watch one's opportunity. | | 10. | to guard, tend, or oversee, esp. for protection or safekeeping: to watch the baby. | –noun | 11. | close, continuous observation for the purpose of seeing or discovering something: Their watch for the birds was unrewarding. | | 12. | vigilant guard, as for protection or restraint: to keep watch for prowlers. | | 13. | a keeping awake for some special purpose: a watch beside a sickbed. | | 14. | a period of time for watching or keeping guard: to stand the first watch. | | 15. | a small, portable timepiece, as a wrist watch or pocket watch. | | 17. | Nautical. | a. | a period of time, usually four hours, during which one part of a ship's crew is on duty, taking turns with another part. | | b. | the officers and crew who attend to the working of a ship for an allotted period of time. | | | 18. | one of the periods, usually three or four, into which the night was divided in ancient times, as by the Greeks or Hebrews: the fourth watch of the night. | | 19. | a person or group that watches, as a lookout, guard, or sentinel: A watch was posted at sunset. | | 20. | Also called storm watch. Meteorology. an announcement from the U.S. National Weather Service alerting the public that dangerous weather conditions are a possibility and that vigilance and precautionary preparations are advised: hurricane watch, tornado watch. Compare advisory (def. 5), warning (def. 3). | | 21. | a flock of nightingales. | —Verb phrases | 22. | watch out, to be on one's guard; be cautious: Watch out for cars when you cross the road. | | 23. | watch over, to guard for protection or safekeeping: She watched over us like a mother hen over her brood. | —Idioms | 24. | on the watch, vigilant; alert: The hunter was on the watch for game. | | 25. | watch oneself, | b. | to practice discretion or self-restraint. | | |
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Discount Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly wi
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ll 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
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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. | | |
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