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noun | verb | verb discountdiscount1 /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable] ► at a discount Employees can buy books at a discount. ► employee discount Rochelle gets a 15% employee discount (=a discount for workers at a particular place). ► a discount fare/price discount airfares to Europe ► discount stores Wal-Mart quickly became one of the largest discount stores (=stores where you can buy goods cheaply) in the nation. THESAURUSlow price► cheap not expensive, or lower in price than you expected: My flight to Reno was really cheap. I bought the cheapest computer I could find. ► inexpensive not expensive, but usually of good quality: The furniture is inexpensive, but it is well-made. ► affordable cheap enough for people to be able to buy: The city needs affordable housing. ► economical cheap when compared to other possibilities: It’s actually more economical if we stay four nights because of the discount. ► budget/economy budget or economy flights, airlines, hotels, etc. have very low prices: I got a budget flight to Washington for less than $100. ► a bargain (also a good/great deal) used to describe something that is worth more money than you paid for it: At this price, the car is a bargain. ► (a) good/great/excellent value worth at least the price you pay for it. Used especially in advertising: The burger special is a good value. ► low a low price, rent, or fee is not high: The rent is very low – only $500 a month. ► reasonable a reasonable price is not too high and seems fair: The restaurant serves good food at reasonable prices. ► competitive a competitive price is cheaper than or the same as prices for other similar things: The store’s prices on electronic goods are very competitive. ► bargain/discount a bargain or discount price is a special price that is lower than the usual price: They sell things at discount prices because of a deal they have with the supplier. ► low-cost a low-cost product or service is always sold at a lower price than similar things. You can also use low-cost about companies that sell these products or services: The state also provides low-cost health care for the unemployed. a reduction in the usual price of something: Tickets are $9, with a $2 discount for kids.discount on a discount on rail travel Employees can buy books at a discount. Rochelle gets a 15% employee discount (=a discount for workers at a particular place).a discount fare/price discount airfares to Europe Wal-Mart quickly became one of the largest discount stores (=stores where you can buy goods cheaply) in the nation.► see thesaurus at cheap1 noun | verb | verb discountdiscount2 /ˈdɪskaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEdiscount |
| Present | I, you, we, they | discount | | he, she, it | discounts | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | discounted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have discounted | | he, she, it | has discounted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had discounted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will discount | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have discounted |
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| Present | I | am discounting | | he, she, it | is discounting | | you, we, they | are discounting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was discounting | | you, we, they | were discounting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been discounting | | he, she, it | has been discounting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been discounting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be discounting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been discounting |
noun | verb | verb discountdiscount3 /dɪsˈkaʊnt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEdiscount |
| Present | I, you, we, they | discount | | he, she, it | discounts | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | discounted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have discounted | | he, she, it | has discounted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had discounted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will discount | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have discounted |
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| Present | I | am discounting | | he, she, it | is discounting | | you, we, they | are discounting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was discounting | | you, we, they | were discounting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been discounting | | he, she, it | has been discounting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been discounting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be discounting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been discounting |
► discount the possibility We cannot discount the possibility that he was lying. to regard something as unlikely to be true or important: Scientists discounted his method of predicting earthquakes. We cannot discount the possibility that he was lying. |