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[dis-kaunt, dis-kaunt, dis-kaunt] / ˈdɪs kaʊnt, dɪsˈkaʊnt, ˈdɪs kaʊnt /






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As for the quality of Venezuelan oil, it doesn’t measure up to what most American refineries are geared for and typically trades at a discount to other formulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Season-ticket packages had been available, guaranteeing seats for each London game with a discount, but they were scrapped after the 2024 season.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

An investing equivalent is happening in the stock market, where shares in Louis Vuitton’s owner, LVMH, and Prada are trading at an unusually big discount to the two fast-fashion companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Visit slate.com/amicusplus and use the promo code AMICUS50 to receive the discount AND get access wherever you listen.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

In early 2005, when he became interested, it traded, briefly, at a 50-cent discount to gas.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

These may be sold at price discounts as managers of longer-term funds are forced to sell before maturity in order to keep their portfolios’ durations above their own mandated levels.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

We’re not in a hurry now, and we can get 50% senior discounts on city buses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It said fellows receive no product discounts, financial perks or requirements to use Google tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

There are no restrictions on discounts such as half-price or "save £1".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I’m trying to negotiate a 20 percent price reduction with the fitting room lady when—rotten luck!—Howard shows up and announces that there are no reductions and no employee discounts on clearanced items.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

On Topsports’ store on a popular online retailer, discounted Nike basketball sneakers sell for under $50.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Initially, we discounted this scenario because we assumed medical staff would be alerted if a diabetic patient had accidentally been given dextrose instead of insulin.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A rabble-rousing, union-advocating teacher friend of mine came out of the same public schools as me, and she now teaches at a private school, primarily to pay for the discounted tuition her daughter receives.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

There was a catastrophe that loomed over the convention, but it wasn’t Bitcoin’s newly discounted cost.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

If that game was discounted, he claimed, then he would be the winner.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Though it’s nice of Roberts to pay enough lip service that he’s not totally discounting the best-of-five current series they’re in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Nike executives have also said that the company has underinvested in stores in China, relied too heavily on discounting there, and done too little to connect with consumers locally.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

With markets discounting 75 basis points of additional tightening by summer 2027, SEB thinks maximum hawkishness in market pricing has been reached, reducing the likelihood of further major bond selloffs, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

But the discounting that YouTube does tells me they are in a similar situation as DirecTV.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

It was still not dark enough for Quentin to start, not yet dark enough to suit Miss Coldfield at least, even discounting the twelve miles out there and the twelve miles back.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner




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