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






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As skeptical as global investors may be of the budget, they will be hard-pressed to pass up an opportunity to buy euro assets at a generous discount.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"If you're a bit lucky, it's the same as buying at a discount," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Walmart is deciding that they’re not going to discount products. They’re discounting the decision to commit to become a member.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I’m an actor. A good one, but not a rich one — yet. Would you consider a starving-artist discount? Based on our shared artistic dreams?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

But instead of lying on a bed suited for a king, I'd have preferred to be at home on my rickety pallet with bedding from the discount aisle at Target.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

The deal, if approved, would give Washington a "predictable, affordable, and resilient" fighter jet program, Lockheed said, pointing to billions of dollars in expected savings thanks to "long-term pricing and industry volume discounts."

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The 50% rough rule of thumb likely would be subject to additional discounts for size and concentration that could take loan to value to 30% or less.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The share of builders offering discounts is the highest since 2020, according to a monthly survey by the National Association of Home Builders released Monday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

In response to questions from The Times, she described the initiative as an expansion of existing programs that provide free fares to students and discounts to low-income riders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“But I think they have special discounts for families who can’t afford full admission. All that kind of info is on their website.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

The students hadn’t come for free food or discounted merchandise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The University of Gloucestershire said it had expanded support for students with flexible accommodation available for them to use, discounted travel and that it had created new facilities designed specifically for commuters.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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

In a second phase of the experiment, the researchers added a twist: Would the value of information be discounted even further—be even more urgent—depending on who it was from?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

She says she honored him by caring for him and that I’m discounting everything she sacrificed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“So if anything we should be cautious in discounting the threats. I am not sure their capabilities are diminished.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Walmart is deciding that they’re not going to discount products. They’re discounting the decision to commit to become a member.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things— discounting men.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner


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