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01. Stores often [discount] their prices by up to 50% in the days immediately following Christmas.
02. The sporting goods store gave us a 10% [discount] for any equipment we bought for the tournament.
03. The store has [discounted] most of last year's stock by up to 30% to make way for this year's products.
04. This coupon entitles you to a 20% [discount] on any merchandise purchased in our store before November 30th.
05. They have a special [discount] of 10% at the store for all employees of the military.
06. If you buy your sound system at the store where I work, I can get you my employee [discount].
07. If you stay at this hotel, you can get coupons for [discounts] at various tourist attractions.
08. Modern Chinese scholars now [discount] the suggestion that Lao-tzu was the sole author of the Taoist text, the Tao-te Ching.
09. The inquiry [discounted] the theory that John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman.
10. The Wal-Mart chain of [discount] stores is the largest retail outfit in the world.
11. We offer high quality at [discount] prices.
12. The store that I work at offers a 30% [discount] to employees.
13. The dress originally cost $75, but with my [discount] it only cost me $55.
14. I think we should [discount] most of what Harold said because the guy really doesn't know what he is talking about.
15. The police have now [discounted] the possibility of murder in the death of an old man found floating in the harbor over the weekend.
16. Jacqueline Kennedy once complained of the White House, "It looks like it's been furnished by [discount] stores."
17. People with disabilities generally get special [discounts] at sight-seeing and entertainment attractions in England.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • DISCOUNT — DISCOU Pratiquent le discount (le discompte, selon la terminologie française actuelle) les magasins qui, dans le commerce de détail, vendent à des prix inférieurs à ceux des autres détaillants des articles qui font l’objet d’une publicité.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • discount — dis·count 1 / dis ˌkau̇nt/ n: a reduction made from the gross amount or value of something: as a: a reduction made from a regular or list price or a proportionate deduction from a debt account usu. made for prompt payment or for payment in cash b …   Law dictionary

  • Discount — Dis count , n. [Cf. F. d[ e]compte. See {Discount}, v. t.] 1. 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Discount — Dis count (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discounting}.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d[ e]compter to discount; pref. des (L. dis ) + conter, compter. See {Count}, v.] 1. To deduct from an account, debt,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • discount — [n] reduction in cost abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, cut rate, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, knock off*, markdown, modification, percentage, premium, qualification, rebate, remission,… …   New thesaurus

  • Discount — Dis count (?; 277), v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • discount — ► NOUN ▪ a deduction from the usual cost of something. ► VERB 1) deduct a discount from (the usual price of something). 2) disregard as lacking credibility or significance. 3) Finance buy or sell (a bill of exchange) before its due date at a… …   English terms dictionary

  • discount — or discount rate [dis′kount΄; ] for v., also [ dis kount′] n. [< OFr desconter, to count off < ML discomputare: see DIS & COMPUTE] 1. a) a reduction from a usual or list price b) a deduction from a debt, allowed for paying promptly or in… …   English World dictionary

  • Discount — can refer to: Discounts and allowances: reductions to a basic price of goods or services; Discounting: a financial mechanism in which a debtor obtains the right to delay payments to a creditor; Discount (band): a punk rock band that formed in… …   Wikipedia

  • discount — [DISCÁUNT] s. n. reducere de preţ pentru un cumpărător anumit, în anumite condiţii de achiziţionare a mărfii. (< engl. discount) Trimis de raduborza, 15.08.2008. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • discount — / diskaʊnt/, it. /di skaunt/ s. ingl. (propr. sconto ), usato in ital. al masch. (comm.) [pubblico esercizio che vende beni di consumo in grandi quantità e a prezzi scontati] ▶◀ ‖ ipermercato, supermarket, supermercato …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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