discount
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Citadel received a discount of more than 10% to the market value of those shares, according to someone close to the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Despite outperforming peers, the shares still trade at a discount.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Hollywood actress Elisha Cuthbert has officially sold her lavish Los Angeles home for $1.93 million, days after the property was put back on the market with a significant discount.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
There is one exception to the vehicle eligibility rule: EVs sold from a company with headquarters in California can claim the discount regardless of the vehicle price.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
His father had always told him not to bring cocoons late in the day because then you had to sell them at a discount.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Compared with public bonds of similar borrowers, private credit is harder to sell without significant discounts and more difficult to value without prices reported on daily trades.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Last year, he estimates he paid a little over $10,000 with twice as many employees—thanks to declining rates, dividends from the fund’s surplus and discounts for two safety programs he participates in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
One luxury hotel in Simeiz –- whose managers did not wish to be named –- said it was offering 30 per cent discounts to bring the tourists back.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Will summer discounts make family days out cheaper?
From BBC ● Jul. 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
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Our discounted pricing has been extended until July 24—Request your invitation now and save £400.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
One big issue for some fashion retailers is having big piles of leftover stock that has to be discounted heavily so they can shift it.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
He estimates that Anterix is trading as if the value of its spectrum were discounted by 30%, at a time when competing service providers are scrambling to build out new high-speed services.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
New stand-alone stations will have that same discounted price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Our attorneys warned me that it would put me in a more precarious legal situation; anything I said in my statement regarding my own innocence would be discounted by the judge.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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In Premier League terms, even when discounting the gulf in experience, Pickford boasts an undeniable edge.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The modern gold rush petered out in the first quarter when markets began discounting possible Fed hikes in the future rather than cuts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
We also should consider treating food like medicine, with insurers and government payers reimbursing or heavily discounting healthy food and dietary programs that clearly lead to disease regression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The average for 2025's 24 grands prix, discounting sprints, was 66.9.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 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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