discount
dis-count · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
A reduction in the usual price of something.
- 2.
The amount deducted from the full price.
- 3.
To reduce the price of something.
- 4.
To regard something as unlikely or unimportant; to dismiss.
- 5.
To deduct an amount from a bill or price.
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Etymology
From Old French desconter meaning "to deduct," from Medieval Latin discomputare, composed of dis- meaning "away" and computare meaning "to count." First recorded in English in the early 17th century.