discount Sentence Examples

  1. The store is offering a 10% discount on all items this weekend.
  2. I got a discount on my new phone because I signed up for a new contract.
  3. The price of the car was reduced by $5,000 due to a discount.
  4. I got a discount on my cable bill because I agreed to a lower monthly rate.
  5. The restaurant is offering a 20% discount for customers who order online.
  6. I received a discount on my hotel stay because I booked my room in advance.
  7. The price of the flights were discounted because I booked them early.
  8. I got a discount on my new computer because it was a refurbished model.
  9. The store is offering a discount on all items that are damaged or defective.
  10. I received a discount on my groceries because I used coupons.

discount Meaning

Wordnet

discount (n)

the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

an amount or percentage deducted

Wordnet

discount (v)

bar from attention or consideration

give a reduction in price on

Webster

discount (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.

To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.

To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

To leave out of account; to take no notice of.

Webster

discount (v. i.)

To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

Webster

discount (v. t.)

A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

The rate of interest charged in discounting.

FAQs About the word discount

the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise, interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan, a refund of some fraction of the amount paid, a

deduction,reduction,abatement, drop, rebate, giveback, diminution,depreciation, decrement, penalty

addition, increase, gain, addition, increase, accession, accession, gain, increment, appreciation

The store is offering a 10% discount on all items this weekend.

I got a discount on my new phone because I signed up for a new contract.

The price of the car was reduced by $5,000 due to a discount.

I got a discount on my cable bill because I agreed to a lower monthly rate.