DISCOUNT

I. noun Date: 1622 a reduction made from the gross amount or value of something: as, a. a reduction made from a regular or list price, a proportionate deduction from a debt account usually made for cash or prompt payment, a deduction made for interest in advancing money upon or purchasing a bill or note not due, the act or practice of ~ing, a deduction taken or allowance made, II. verb see: count Date: 1629 transitive verb 1. to make a deduction from usually for cash or prompt payment , to sell or offer for sale at a ~ , to lend money on after deducting the ~, 3. to leave out of account ; disregard , to minimize the importance of , c. to make allowance for bias or exaggeration in, to view with doubt , to take into account (as a future event) in present calculations, intransitive verb to give or make ~s, ~er noun III. adjective Date: 1863 1. selling goods or services at a ~ , offered or sold at a ~ , reflecting a ~