discount
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If you would like to subscribe to Slate Plus and the many riches it offers, use promo code SURGE25 at checkout for a 25 percent discount on a full-year subscription.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Overstretched asset prices will eventually have to reflect the lower current value of future cash flows when discounted at higher discount rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
A 35% discount is available exclusively to Morning Risk Report subscribers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Motability scheme, operated by a private company overseen by a charity, has historically given disabled people in receipt of eligible welfare benefits a 20% VAT discount on cars.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
My light blue corduroy pants that I'd proudly purchased with my 50 percent employee discount at the Gap were ruined forever.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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But he added the company has managed the brand’s popularity well, limiting store openings and resisting discounts to preserve Onitsuka Tiger’s luxury cachet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
In the store’s final days, steep discounts to clear inventory didn’t draw a flood of customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Fashion brands generally offer birthday discounts rather than freebies.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Many new restaurants will offer discounts in a bid to encourage diners to try them out and spread the word that they've opened for business.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
They entered all the contests, availed themselves of all the discounts that were advertised and had, on two occasions, won a T-shirt and a thermos flask that Baby Kochamma kept locked away in her cupboard.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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On the first day of the year Cembalest encouraged investors to reduce the overweight on U.S. equities versus the rest of the world, motivated primarily by the latter’s heavily discounted valuations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The government-backed website launched earlier this year to connect Americans with discounted prescription drugs.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Phil has been offering discounted tickets since the 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
At every turn, Ward credited the state’s expert testimony and discounted the testimony of defense witnesses and experts.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
He’d been talked into returning this year by Hall, who felt sorry that Hansen had been denied the summit and had significantly discounted Hansen’s fee to entice him to give it another try.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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The company began its test by discounting the price of its Halo Glow Skin Tint by $4, Fields said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
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
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