discount

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 dĭskountʹ

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A reduction in price.
    — For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.
  2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
  3. The rate of interest charged in discounting.
  4. A lack or shortcoming. figuratively
    — 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.
  5. 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.
动词 v.
  1. To sell at a reduced price. transitive
    — Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.
  2. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc. rare,transitive
    — Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
  3. To disregard or regard as unimportant. transitive
    — Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.
  4. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest. transitive
    — The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
  5. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). transitive
    — The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.
  6. To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
形容词 adj.
  1. Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices. not-comparable
    — If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.

词形变化

discounts present,singular,third-person discounting participle,present discounted participle,past discounted past discounts plural

词汇关系

反义词
surcharge

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
词源 3
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.
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