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






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A discount on full foreign student fees for EU students is likely to be pushed to next year alongside a plan to reconnect electricity markets.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

By that measure, the stocks in developed markets outside the U.S. as a group are trading at a 28% discount to U.S. large-cap stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Once the deal closes, PAG will launch a mandatory cash offer for the remainder of the shares at HK$0.8359 each, a 29.5% discount to the stock’s HK$1.185 closing price on Wednesday before trading was halted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The future of Poundland hangs in the balance as the discount chain edges towards collapse, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

In the morning I went shopping at a discount store and bought a cheap navy blue suit off the rack.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Shoe maker Deckers Outdoor plans to keep selling items such as Hoka sneakers and Ugg shoes at full price even as shoppers look for more discounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

California’s Clean Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project offers point-of-sale discounts on zero-emission trucks and buses and has distributed $1 billion so far.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Chipotle’s stock is down 22.4% so far this year, as the chain tries to stand out among a sea of discounts and promos from sit-down restaurants and fast-food chains.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Launched a decade ago, Jio's wireless service disrupted the market with steep discounts, rapidly winning customers from rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

“There are no discounts for youth or winsome faces—and no sympathy reductions for badly cut fringes.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

In May, it was discounted to $9.8 million before dropping down to $8.95 million in September.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

“In a rational market, these risks would be discounted by the market via pressure on the valuation,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Jio's future growth will no longer be driven primarily by adding subscribers through discounted plans.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

A weak report would probably be discounted in light of other signs of improvement in the labor market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a second phase of the experiment, the researchers added a twist: Would the value of information be discounted even further—be even more urgent—depending on who it was from?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

This aggressive discounting helped Jio rapidly amass some 553 million mobile subscribers by 2026.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

She says she honored him by caring for him and that I’m discounting everything she sacrificed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Deckers’ strategy is to spend more on marketing and creating new shoe styles, rather than discounting its existing pairs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Though it’s nice of Roberts to pay enough lip service that he’s not totally discounting the best-of-five current series they’re in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

It was still not dark enough for Quentin to start, not yet dark enough to suit Miss Coldfield at least, even discounting the twelve miles out there and the twelve miles back.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner


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