( v. )
To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
( v. )
To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012