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1. A reduction in the selling price of something
   - price reduction, deduction
    
2. Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
   - discount rate, bank discount
    
3. A refund of some fraction of the amount paid
   - rebate
    
4. An amount or percentage deducted
   - deduction

1. Bar from attention or consideration
   - dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off [informal], push aside, ignore
    
2. Give a reduction in price on
   "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

Derived forms: discounted, discounts, discounting

Type of: adjustment, allowance, decrease, diminution, interest rate, mark down, rate of interest, reduction, refund, reject, step-down

Encyclopedia: Discount