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discount

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






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Head of income generation Scott Jobson said the money was being taken from funds raised by donations, and they were not eligible for any kind of discount.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

AI agents currently on the European market rarely prompt users to look to discount providers, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nigeria's finance minister unveiled a raft of measures Thursday aimed at cushioning against energy shocks as the country prepares to go to the polls, including a petrol discount for public transport operators.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

This year, the discount carrier lowered the flight hours required to apply for a junior, second-officer pilot program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

At 2 P.M., the entire school shuffled into the auditorium, where each of us eighth graders was awarded a certificate and a discount coupon to Kings Dominion, an amusement park down in Virginia.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

Where construction has boomed and inventory is plentiful, discounts run deeper as increased competition gives builders more reason to offer incentives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The discounts from Target come as shoppers start to turn their attention to holiday shopping, which has increasingly been defined by big discount events held by the largest retailers through the fall.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Customers have relied on those discounts to make the holidays work for their finances, given higher prices for essentials like food and gasoline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Chief executive Giles Hurley said discounts are helpful "when they're real and when they show realistic reductions", but hit out at what he said were unrealistic reductions which "dupe customers".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

He and my dad used to talk about football and he gave us discounts for years.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Some tickets were also discounted or free via the Blue Light Card and Tickets For Good platforms.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

A rabble-rousing, union-advocating teacher friend of mine came out of the same public schools as me, and she now teaches at a private school, primarily to pay for the discounted tuition her daughter receives.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

There was a catastrophe that loomed over the convention, but it wasn’t Bitcoin’s newly discounted cost.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Mama looked up, addressing those very stars Dedd had already discounted.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

Sharply discounting their drugs would make it harder to invest in new cures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Nike executives have also said that the company has underinvested in stores in China, relied too heavily on discounting there, and done too little to connect with consumers locally.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

With markets discounting 75 basis points of additional tightening by summer 2027, SEB thinks maximum hawkishness in market pricing has been reached, reducing the likelihood of further major bond selloffs, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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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