| 单词 | at a discount |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a discount Phrases at a discount. a. At less than the nominal or usual value or price. Opposed to at a premium (premium n. and adj. Phrases 1). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adverb] > below proper or usual value underfoot1576 under value1608 underhand1617 at a discount1792 1792 J. Belknap Foresters xv. 196 Some grumbling still subsists among those who were obliged to sell their notes at a discount. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. vi. 120 When its notes were at a discount. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xx. §2 151 The price of bills would fall below par: a bill for 100l. might be bought for somewhat less than 100l., and bills would be said to be at a discount. 1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 5 Though one system of coinage were adopted for all countries, claims on foreign countries would nevertheless vary in price, and would still be either at a premium or at a discount. 1906 Manitoba Morning Free Press 20 Aug. 16/4 (advt.) We were fortunate in securing a traveler's sample lot of the famous Peterson pipes at a discount. 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xi. 147 We have lost moon-sized assloads of advertising, with remnant space we're now forced to sell at a discount. b. figurative. In low esteem, reduced in estimation or regard; unpopular, not in demand. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb] coarsely1548 slighta1616 at a discount1798 cheaply1822 1798 True Briton 10 July Since the Squadron of Nelson has been in pursuit of him, the French General has been rather at a discount. 1832 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) II. 237 ‘Conservative’ principles are at a discount throughout the world. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 251 We should be at a pretty discount with the red-coats. 1856 C. Reade It is never too Late III. xxxiii. 324 Servants are at a great premium, masters at a discount, in the colony. 1908 Yale Lit. Mag. June 402 Thoughtful conservatism is at a discount. 1957 F. E. Adcock Greek & Macedonian Art of War i. 11 So far as the decisive battle is between hoplites, light-armed troops are at a discount in citizen armies. 2010 N. T. Wright in Christ & Culture xi. 162 We live in a world..where truth is at a discount. < as lemmas |
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