discount

Definitions of discount
  1. noun
    a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
    synonyms: cash-and-carry, disconteringsbank, discontobank, discountzaak, weidewinkel
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    verkooppunt
    a place of business for retailing goods
  2. noun
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
    synonyms: afname, afneming, afslag, daling, korting, mindering, rabat, reductie, reductionisme, remissie, simplificatie, vereenvoudiging, verkleining, verlaging, vermindering
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    antonyms:
    aanwas, accres, increment, schaalvergroting, stijging, toename, vermeerdering
    the act of increasing something
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    besnoeiing, bestedingsbeperking, bezuiniging, consumptiebeperking, inkrimping
    the act of reducing the amount or number
    besnoeiing, bestedingsbeperking, bezuiniging, consumptiebeperking, inkrimping
    a reduction in quantity or rate
    depreciatie, devaluatie, ontwaarding, waardevermindering
    the reduction of something's value or worth
    tempering, verzachting
    to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
    bevrijding, opluchting, verademing
    the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
    deëscalatie
    (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)
    inkorting
    act of decreasing in length
    aftrek, aftrekpost, aftreksom
    the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
    deflatie
    the act of letting the air out of something
    afslag, prijsdaling, prijsverlaging
    the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
    depreciatie, devaluatie, ontwaarding, waardevermindering
    a decrease in price or value
    loonsverlaging, salarisverlaging
    the act of reducing a salary
    afslag, prijsbederf, prijsdaling, prijsverlaging
    cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price
    bezuinigingsmaatregel
    the act of reducing spending
    liberalisatie, versoepeling
    the act of making less strict
    verbruik
    the act of consuming something
    decompressie
    relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
    verdunning
    weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner
    samentrekking
    (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
    aderlating, drain, draineerbuis, flebotomie, kolk, rioolput
    a gradual depletion of energy or resources
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