- present participle of discount.
discounting
Example Sentences
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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
McDonald’s executives conceded on Tuesday that recent discounting initiatives haven’t always worked out and have even turned away some of the restaurant’s biggest fans.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
In Premier League terms, even when discounting the gulf in experience, Pickford boasts an undeniable edge.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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
Indeed, it is the same figure provided by Las Casas, patron saint of High Counters, foremost among the old Spanish sources whose estimates Henige spends many pages discounting.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
