Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for discount. Search instead for discot.
Definitions

discount

[dis-kount, dis-kount, dis-kount] / ˈdɪs kaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt, ˈdɪs kaʊnt /






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Perhaps the most meaningful part of James’s deal with Philadelphia now is that the Sixers brought him in at such a discount.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The 20% business rates discount will not apply to the "very largest" live music venues.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The discount had disappeared from the company’s website by Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

“With the stock trading at a discount to historical levels on several metrics, we think the upside case for BLK remains attractive,” said the Goldman team.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

In early 2005, when he became interested, it traded, briefly, at a 50-cent discount to gas.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Company owner Tatiana Kim has promised "not to abandon" the sellers, and she has offered temporary discounts and waived shipment fees, but this has done little to calm fears of further attacks.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

When the patents expire for biologic medicines, the “biosimilars” meant to drive down prices typically arrive at modest discounts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Dubai will offer more than $800 worth of discounts and deals to residents who bring friends and family to visit, the emirate's media office said, as months of war have battered its tourism sector.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Adey said she thinks it would be possible to eliminate having good drivers pay for tracking discounts by setting up separate “risk pools” that don’t mix the two populations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

“But I think they have special discounts for families who can’t afford full admission. All that kind of info is on their website.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

Joseph A. Gabelli described an approach that combines discounted valuations for companies with additional “catalysts” to send stock prices soaring.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

While Russia managed to guard its upstream assets from Chinese ownership, Beijing held the upper hand on pricing, securing a heavily discounted rate tied to oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The researchers devised a market-beating strategy for exploiting this discovery, buying those stocks that their LLM suggested would rise as the market fully discounted the pure news, and shorting stocks the model projected would fall.

From MarketWatch Jul. 4, 2026

The FBI’s Phoenix office on Wednesday said some ransom notes relating to the February disappearance of Nancy Guthrie were potentially “legitimate,” while others have been discounted as “extortion attempts.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

We’d discounted theories one, two and eight by checking them out.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Management has said that it has underinvested in its stores in China and gotten trapped in a discounting war there, and that it needed to do more to connect with consumers locally.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Nike’s digital business has faltered, and it has tried to refashion that segment into a destination for higher-priced fare, rather than discounting.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Despite competing against industry heavyweights with thousands more locations and colossal marketing budgets, regional chain executives said that higher quality and more loyal clientele have kept traffic strong without heavy discounting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The average for 2025's 24 grands prix, discounting sprints, was 66.9.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Nicole took the first lead, and it went smoothly for the first ten minutes, discounting the wind, the stinging rain, and Chase’s throbbing front tooth, which the pain pills had done nothing to help.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith




Vocabulary lists containing discount


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training