discount
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Is discount a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of discount?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive)Examples: "Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product."transitive
2. (transitive)Examples: "Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills."raretransitive
3. (transitive)Examples: "Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments."; "Of the three opinions, (I discount Brown's), under this head, one supposes that the law of Causality is a positive affirmation, and a primary fact of thought, incapable of all further analysis."transitive
4. (transitive)Examples: "The banks discount notes and bills of exchange."; "Discount only unexceptionable paper."transitive
5. (transitive)Examples: "The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates."transitive
6. (psychology, transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
noun (English)
1. (finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
2. (figurative) A lack or shortcoming.Examples: "On our approaching the house where the Misses Spenlow lived, I was at such a discount in respect of my personal looks and presence of mind, that Traddles proposed a gentle stimulant in the form of a glass of ale."figuratively
3. (psychology, transactional analysis) The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
adj (English)
1. (of a store) Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.Examples: "If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner."not-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary