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discounts

noun

Meaning

  1. A reduction in price.
  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. (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.
  5. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
  6. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest
  7. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
  8. To leave out of account or regard as unimportant.
  9. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount
  10. (transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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