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






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The new shares will be offered to investors outside the U.S. at 112.70 Hong Kong dollars each, representing a discount from the last close.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The local “Happy Hour” regulation makes it difficult for bars to discount drinks and precludes them from delivering more than two drinks to a person at one time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Most of the new line, called Scenario, will cost less than $25, a price that aims to appeal to the discount shoppers who are the foundation of Walmart’s business.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

The 20% discount in England announced in July will apply on top of the existing support.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

She says she has sent the money through a female immigrant who lives with her, because the woman gets a Western Union discount.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Concerned tourism operators in some US border states are rolling out the red carpet with discounts for Canadians.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

The U.S. today charges a 25% tariff on Canadian automobiles, with discounts for the American content in cars.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods tumbled toward their worst day in three years on Tuesday, as the sporting-goods retailer’s bleak earnings report revealed that people needed deeper discounts to buy athletic shoes and clothes.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Dick’s decided to match competitors’ discounts to maintain market share when the market bounces back.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Interest and discounts, addition, subtraction he worked out on the abacus with his little restless sausage fingers, and his brown friendly eyes roved over the grocery and his teeth flashed at the customers.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

The trade body has called for a flexible discounted tariff for those most in need, funded by taxation.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

At every turn, Ward credited the state’s expert testimony and discounted the testimony of defense witnesses and experts.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

An evacuation shelter was opened at Carmel Middle School on Monday evening, and regional hotels are offering discounted rates to evacuees.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Jodanna Bevan bought the toys from Shein for her children after seeing them discounted.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

We’d discounted theories one, two and eight by checking them out.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

In Premier League terms, even when discounting the gulf in experience, Pickford boasts an undeniable edge.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Nike’s digital business and its stores in China have struggled, and it has tried to refashion those segments into destinations for higher-priced fare, rather than discounting.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

We also should consider treating food like medicine, with insurers and government payers reimbursing or heavily discounting healthy food and dietary programs that clearly lead to disease regression.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 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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