disct

Noun

discount (plural discounts)

1. A reduction in price.
   • For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.

   Synonyms:

   rebate, reduction

2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
3. The rate of interest charged in discounting.
4. (figuratively) A lack or shortcoming.
   • On our approaching the house where the Misses Spenlow lived, I was at such a discount in respect of my personal looks and presence of mind, that Traddles proposed a gentle stimulant in the form of a glass of ale.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC
5. (transactional analysis) The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

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