discount
Discount means a reduction in price; the eight-letter word scores 11 points in Scrabble and has two anagrams.
Verb 4 meanings
To sell at a reduced price.
“Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product.”
To disregard or regard as unimportant.
“Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.”
To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest.
“The banks discount notes and bills of exchange.”
To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
“The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates.”
Noun 4 meanings
A reduction in price.
“For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall.”
A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
The rate of interest charged in discounting.
A lack or shortcoming.
Adjective 1 meaning
Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.
“If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.”
Etymology
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.
Similar and opposite words
DISCOUNT is an everyday word for a reduction in price, but it also has finance senses: a deduction when money is advanced against a bill or note, and the rate charged for that transaction. It can also mean a lack or shortcoming. The word is marked common, with a frequency count of 4,906 and rank 3,861.
DISCOUNT at a glance
- DISCOUNT is eight letters long and scores 11 Scrabble points.
- Its tile values add up as D=2, C=3, and six one-point tiles.
- CONDUITS and NOCTUIDS are its two anagrams.
- VISCOUNT, DISMOUNT and MISCOUNT are the three one-letter neighbours.
- ACCOUNT, AMOUNT and COUNT share its -UNT ending sound.
What does discount mean?
Discount primarily means a reduction in price: a shop can apply a discount to an item, lowering what a buyer pays. In finance, it names a deduction made when advancing money against a bill or note before it comes due; it can also mean the interest rate charged for that transaction.
The word has a less familiar fourth sense, too: a lack or shortcoming. Context separates that meaning from a price cut. In ordinary shopping, “a discount” signals reduced cost; in a discussion of evidence or a plan, “discount” can name something missing or deficient.
How do you score and rearrange DISCOUNT?
DISCOUNT scores 11 points before premium squares: C contributes 3, D contributes 2, and I, S, O, U, N and T contribute 1 each. The six one-point tiles make the score less dependent on a single letter than words built around a high-value tile. On a plain board, count the printed values first; a letter or word premium changes the total.
Two anagrams use exactly the same letters: CONDUITS and NOCTUIDS. The first is the more recognisable everyday form; NOCTUIDS is specialized, so don't assume a rearrangement will fit every game's accepted vocabulary. Three one-letter neighbours are VISCOUNT, DISMOUNT and MISCOUNT; each keeps seven letters from DISCOUNT and swaps one.
Twelve words rhyme with its -UNT ending; ACCOUNT, AMOUNT and RECOUNT offer familiar options, while PARAMOUNT stretches the sound into a longer word. The rhyme clue points to the final three letters, not a shared spelling throughout.
Rhymes with discount
All rhymesOne letter away
- VISCOUNT13
- DISMOUNT11
- MISCOUNT12
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