Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun discount
4 senses of discount
Sense 1
discount, price reduction, deduction -- (the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise)
=> decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down -- (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Sense 2
discount rate, discount, bank discount -- (interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan)
=> interest rate, rate of interest -- (the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use)
Sense 3
rebate, discount -- (a refund of some fraction of the amount paid)
=> refund -- (money returned to a payer)
Sense 4
deduction, discount -- (an amount or percentage deducted)
=> allowance, adjustment -- (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb discount
2 senses of discount
Sense 1
dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore -- (bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances")
=> reject -- (refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper")
Sense 2
discount -- (give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes")
=> mark down -- (reduce the price of)