discount
n. countablen. a reduction in the usual price of something. You get this when a shop sells an item for less money than it normally costs.
n. a reduction in the standard price of a good or service. Often expressed as a percentage or a fixed amount subtracted from the gross total.
The shop offers a ten percent discount for students.
If you book your flights at least three months in advance, you can usually secure a significant discount.
Retailers often use a deep discount on high-demand items as a loss leader to entice customers into the store, hoping they will purchase full-priced goods as well.
Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count.
Commonly takes the preposition 'on' (a discount on shoes) or 'for' (a discount for members).
I got a 20% off discountI got a 20% discountLearners often combine 'discount' with 'off' redundantly; use either 'a 20% discount' or '20% off'.