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discount

verb
  1. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity: abate, deduct, rebate, subtract, take (off). Informal: knock off. See increase
  2. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, slight, talk down. Idiom: make light (or little) of. See attack, show
noun
An amount deducted: abatement, deduction, rebate, reduction. See increase

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