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discount

1 noun
     
Related topics: Trade
dis‧count1 S3 [countable]
BBT a reduction in the usual price of something
10% discount/discount of 25% etc
Members get a 15% discount.
at a discount
Employees can buy books at a discount.
discount on
The Young Persons Railcard gives you a discount on rail travel.
discount price/fare
discount airfares to Europe
discount store/shop/warehouse (=a place where you can buy goods cheaply)
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