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discount

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






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Taiwan’s central bank kept its benchmark discount rate at 2.000% for a ninth consecutive quarter, citing moderate inflation pressure after an interim U.S.-Iran peace deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Setting and forgetting your student-loan payments could soon give you a big discount.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

The restaurant industry has been engaged in a protracted discount war, after many chains raised menu prices to cover pandemic-related costs and spooked increasingly value-conscious customers in the process.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

The core Hugo RAS device is priced at an estimated 40% discount to Intuitive’s flagship da Vinci system.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Anyone who buys something today gets a fifteen percent discount if they go for tea afterwards.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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