Meaning & use
discount
A reduction made from the usual price of a product or service.
See it in a sentence
Students receive a fifteen percent discount on museum tickets with valid identification.
The store offered a discount on winter coats after the holiday rush ended.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'discount' often takes 'as,' as in 'discounted the theory as unlikely.'
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To underestimate or disregard something, especially a possibility or piece of information.
Investigators should not discount the witness's account simply because she seemed nervous.
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