Noreena Hertz

Debt vultures are really the scum at the bottom of the pond. These are guys who buy up the debts of the world's poorest countries on the secondary market. You can go buy debts of a country like Peru, for example, at a real discount. Why? Because people think that the debts won't be repaid.

English Author

James E. Rogers

Academics often discount the value of top-rated sports programs in helping to develop a campus life and in contributing to the overall success of a college or university. Like it or not, the sports programs a college or university has are the front page of that university.

American Educator

Stockwell Day

My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected.

Canadian Politician

Karan Mahajan

We discount the physical, when, in fact, much of life is physical. People's personalities are partly formed by, or in response to, how they take up space; the physical mask has some relation, howsoever obscure, to the mental work happening underneath.

Indian Novelist

Dennis Miller

Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?

American Comedian

Richard Thaler

Economists discount any factors that would not influence the thinking of a rational person.

American Economist

Rex Tillerson

We don't discount that people's fears are their fears.

American Businessman

Dennis DeYoung

Heck, I feel guilty getting my senior discounts.

American Musician

Brad Goreski

I am a sale shopper. I love a discounted item.

American Designer

Mary Schmich

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

American Journalist

Use when speaking about getting a better price on a purchase.

Savings Opportunity

Sometimes discounts apply only with certain conditions—like bulk buys.

Conditional Discounts

Discounts are often given during sale events, like Black Friday.

Common during Sales

Asking for a discount implies that you're trying to negotiate a lower price.

Price Negotiation

To 'discount' an idea or opinion means not giving it the merit it may deserve.

Undervalue Alert

Using 'discount' this way can subtly imply dismissiveness or skepticism.

Subtle Dismissal

In business, to 'discount' products means reducing prices strategically to boost sales.

Business Strategy

This term is often used to describe price reductions to clear stock.

Clearance Context

 So the next time you're at the grocery store, don't be afraid to pick up funky-looking fruit. Some stores will even give you a discount. Wash them well and store them properly, as some produce like apples and cabbages will keep in the fridge for weeks. The spotty ones may not be eye candy, but they're safe and just as delicious.

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 There are failing schools in a lot of these communities, failing to give kids the educational leg up that really makes it possible for kids to have opportunities later in life. These things are all important. I don't mean to discount these structural barriers. But when I look back at my life and my community,

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 than the original sticker value for those jeans. So here's my third and final above all else, do not use these payment installment plans. If you want an actual discount, there are browser plug-ins you can use that will help you find the best deals. Online retail has made shopping incredibly convenient,

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 We can all start exploring our career possibilities. It might be an ambitious possibility that you don't feel ready for yet. Or perhaps it's a pivot that feels interesting, but just that bit out of reach. Or maybe it's a dream that you've discounted. The most important thing

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 discounts and he sees how that's a newer sign and from that he realizes that this is a neighborhood that used to be wealthy that has now fallen on hard times and the narrative that he creates based on this photograph is one about a man the character in the center who's

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 for discounts on their premiums, of course. We know what some of you are this is the contract of the modern world. You give up a little privacy, and you get some convenience or some price breaks in return. But that wasn't my experience in my smart home.

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 large lot, single family, distant, too expensive for the average middle-class family to afford and, quite frankly, not a good fit to their lifestyle anymore. But in order to move inventory, you can discount the financing and get it sold.

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 entire life has passions that are illegal and dangerous let me use another family example our father was a successful psychiatrist who is also an alcoholic without discounting the terrible costs of alcoholism because his

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 With fantastical beliefs like these, how can we take him seriously? Any renowned thinker from centuries past has ideas that seem fantastical by today’s standards, but we can’t discount their influence on this basis.

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 and, occasionally, kidnapping us in their flying saucers and taking us away to have sex with us in pyramids. It's a difficult theory to discount, I think you'll agree. For even in my own life,

Discount

To take off an amount from the usual cost of something.

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An amount taken off the usual cost of something.

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To think of something or someone as being less important or worthy.

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To sell stock at a reduced price in order to encourage buyers.

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