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# discount

«discount» in Mova's school dictionary: **money taken off the usual price, so you pay less** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A discount is money taken off the usual price, so you pay less. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#m1)

2) To discount is to make the price lower. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/#m3)

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

### In the corpora

- ["Five-finger discount" is a US joke for shoplifting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/23/)
- ["Up to 70% off" means the biggest discount is only on some things; most things are cut by less.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discount» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discount/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.