- Deduction from the usual cost - Reduce to a solution - Reduction in price - To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to
make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per
cent for prompt payment of bills. - To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance
for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. - To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and
form conclusions concerning (an event). - To leave out of account; to take no notice of.