Definitions
the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
Word origin
Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.
Used in a sentence
“Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.”
“Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.”
“Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Money off”8 letters
02“Price reduction”8 letters
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