discount

noun

1. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

Synonym: price reductiondeduction

2. an amount or percentage deducted

Synonym: deduction

3. a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

Synonym: rebate

4. interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

Synonym: discount ratebank discount

verb

1. bar from attention or consideration

e.g. She dismissed his advances

Synonym: dismissdisregardbrush asidebrush offpush asideignore

2. give a reduction in price on

e.g. I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes

1. 减价;折扣
A discount is a reduction in the usual price of something.

e.g. They are often available at a discount...
它们经常进行打折销售。
e.g. Full-time staff get a 20 per cent discount.
全职员工享受 20% 的折扣。

2. 给…打折;打折出售
If a shop or company discounts an amount or percentage from something that they are selling, they take the amount or percentage off the usual price.

discount什么意思

e.g. This has forced airlines to discount fares heavily in order to spur demand...
这迫使航空公司对机票大幅打折来刺激需求。
e.g. Tour prices are being discounted as much as 33%.
旅行价格打了 6.7 折之多。

3. 认为(某种思想、事实、理论)不重要;不全信;认为…不相关
If you discount an idea, fact, or theory, you consider that it is not true, not important, or not relevant.

e.g. However, traders tended to discount the rumor...
然而，商人往往不相信这一谣传。
e.g. This theory has now been discounted.
这个理论被打了折扣。

1. 贴现：经过背书转让的票据,背书人负有担保票据...贴现(Discount) 贴现概述 一般而言,票据贴现可以分为三种,分别是贴现、转贴现和再贴现. 贴现是指银行承兑汇票的持票人在汇票到期日前,为了取得资金,贴付一定利息将票据权利转让给银行的票据行为,

2. discount的解释

2. 打折扣：另外中国人通常会把欠外国人的人情债打折扣(discount),因为他们认为外国人只是暂时(transient)存在于他们的生活中,不会在中国待很久. 小心并审慎地(carefully and sparingly)利用关系. 特别要小心专门替人搞关系赚钱的人(guanxi merchant).