discount

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
  2. noun interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
  3. noun a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

Etymology

Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.

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Synonyms

price reduction, deduction

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