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Discount French Medieval Latin V Meaning 4546.Discount 英

正面 4546.discount
英 ['dɪskaʊnt]美 [dɪs'kaʊnt]

背面
释义:
n. 折扣;贴现率vi. 贴现;打折扣出售商品vt. 打折扣;将…贴现;贬损;低估;忽视
例句:
1. I'll sell at a discount in return for a speedy sale.为了尽快售出,我会打折销售。

chunk <===> hunk.
discount 折扣dis-, 不,非,使相反。count, 数。即没有计算在内的,折扣。
discount (n.)1620s, "abatement," alteration of 16c. French descompte, from Medieval Latin discomputus (source of Italian disconto), from discomputare (see discount (v.)). Meaning "deduction for early payment" is from 1680s; meaning "reduction in the price of goods" attested by 1837.discount (v.)1620s, "reckon as an abatement or deduction," from Old French desconter (13c., Modern French décompter), from Medieval Latin discomputare, from dis- (see dis-) + computare "to count" (see count (v.)). Hence, "to abate, deduct" (1650s), and figurative sense "to leave out of account, disregard" (1702). Related: Discounted; discounting."

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