discount

discount
noun
  1. a deduction from the usual cost of something, typically given to customers who pay cash or in advance
    （尤指给予付现金或预付的顾客的）折扣
    rail commuters get a discount on season tickets.
    乘火车上下班的旅客买季票都打折。
    [mass noun]we want to introduce a standard level of discount for everyone.
    我们想对所有人采用统一的折扣标准。
    ■(Finance)a percentage deducted from the face value of a bill of exchange or promissory note when it changes hands before the due date
    (财政)（汇票或期票到期前转手的）贴现率
verb
[with obj.]
  1. deduct an amount from (the usual price of something)
    打折扣
    a product may carry a price which cannot easily be discounted.
    有的产品的价格可能是不轻易打折的。
    ■reduce (a product or service) in price
    降（产品或服务的）价格
    one shop has discounted children's trainers.
    一家商店把儿童跑鞋的价格降了下来。
    [as adj. discounted]discounted books.
    降价书。
    ■buy or sell (a bill of exchange) before its due date at less than its maturity value
    贴现
  2. regard (a possibility, fact, or person) as being unworthy of consideration because it lacks credibility
    对（可能性，事实，人）不全信，对…不予考虑
    I'd heard rumours, but discounted them.
    我听到了谣言，但半信半疑。
常用词组
at a discount
  1. below the nominal or usual price
    打折的。 比较 at a premium (见 premium)
    a scheme which lets tenants buy their homes at a discount.
    可以让租户以折扣价买房的计划。
派生
discountable
[dɪʃˈkaʊntəb(ə)l]
adjective
discounter
[dɪsˈkaʊntə]
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (denoting a reduction in the amount or value of something): from obsolete French descompte (noun), descompter (verb), or (in commercial contexts) from Italian (di)scontare, both from medieval Latin discomputare, from Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + computare (see compute)
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