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# discount

noun (discount, discounts); verb (discount, discounts, discounted, discounting)

«discount» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A discount is money taken off the usual price, so you pay less. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#m1)
2. To discount is to make the price lower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#m2)
3. To discount an idea is to think it is not important or not true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: money taken off a price, as an amount or a percent; the sale price is price minus discount; percentages and fractions off («half price» is a 50% discount); everyday life: sales, coupons, student discounts; stories: shopping trips

### Examples

- The shirt costs $20 with a $5 discount. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#x1)
- There is a 10% discount on all toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#x2)
- What is the price after the discount? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#x3)
- She got a discount of $3 on each book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#x4)
- Children get a discount at the cinema. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#x5)
- The shop discounts winter coats in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#x6)
- Use this coupon for a discount. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#x7)
- Don't discount her idea just because she is young. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#x8)

### Note

Means subtract from the price: new price = price − discount. A percent discount is a part of the price. Trap: a 20% discount is 20% of the price, not $20. A discount on each item is multiplied by the number of items.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «discount» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«discount» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/discount.html) on Mova free.