volume discount
discount
verb
uk /dɪˈskaʊnt/ us /ˈdɪskaʊnt/
[ T ] COMMERCE
to sell a product or service for less than the usual price:
Our entire inventory is discounted below retail prices.
discount sth by 55%/a quarter, etc.The initial charges will be 5.25%, discounted by 2% to 3.25 % until 31 January.
[ T,usually passive ] STOCK MARKET
if shares are discounted, they go down in price, often following bad news:
Stocks were being discounted because of political concerns related to the upcoming election.
[ T ] FINANCE
to buy a bill of exchange before its payment date at a price that is lower than its value, in order to make a profit when it is paid on its payment date:
If an exporter has good credit, the bank may purchase or discount his collection bills.
discount
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈdɪskaʊnt/us
COMMERCE
→ discounted:
discount airfares/tickets/hotels
FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
→ discounted:
discount bills of exchange

Examples of discount

discount
While this possibility cannot be totally discounted without further study, there are some indications that children were quite attentive to function in our studies.
A key difference between the models is the way in which the utility of actions is discounted over time.
While it is possible that the coalified surfaces acted as nucleation sites, the possibility that the spheres are organosilicates cannot be discounted.
In effect, the lowered premiums, enriched benefit packages, and reduced cost-sharing characteristic of early managed care products could no longer be 'financed' by provider discounts.
In a position that discounts partnership as undesirable or unachievable?
The average gross fee (before discounts) was 1.11 % for equity funds, 0.70 % for mixed and life-cycle funds and 0.60 % for fixed-income funds.
The expected present discounted value of the pension equals $280,000, so half of the household's wealth is pre-annuitized.
In order to ensure non-arbitrage in the capital market, the sequence of discounts must satisfy a further condition.
Note that, because < 1, the variables of the second period are discounted.
Such an attempt discounts the possibility that the ideas that emerged in a different place might have had a different genealogy.
First, quarterly models entail more small negative idiosyncratic shocks over time that are discounted less heavily than if no shocks occurred for 5 years.
The critical feature here is the presence of time discounting together with trade frictions stemming from the restriction on coalition formation. 10.
Thus, a trade union might offer discounts on holidays to its members, and threaten non-members with ostracism.
Even with discounted bus fares for retired people, some respondents said they could not afford the expensive fares for short distances.
Although she noted her father's concerns, this woman suggested that she had discounted his perspective, and had continually struggled to lower her weight.
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Collocations withdiscount

discount

These are words often used in combination with discount.

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appropriate discount
The choice of appropriatediscount rate for comparing the long-term health benefits of policies is a complex issue.
generous discount
Usually one can obtain a generous discount, except for vehicles which are in demand at the time.
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