discount vs guard

discount

verb
  • To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). 

  • To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like. 

  • To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest 

  • To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation. 

  • To leave out of account or regard as unimportant. 

  • To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount 

noun
  • The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation. 

  • The rate of interest charged in discounting. 

  • A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money. 

  • A lack or shortcoming. 

  • A reduction in price. 

adj
  • Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices. 

guard

verb
  • To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety. 

  • To fasten by binding; to gird. 

  • To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. 

  • To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc. 

  • To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend. 

noun
  • A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something. 

  • A state of caution; posture of defence. 

  • Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket. 

  • Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run. 

  • A player playing a position named guard. 

  • A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre. 

  • A squad responsible for protecting something. 

  • The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard. 

  • A watchchain. 

  • The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use. 

  • A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts. 

  • A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels. 

  • A garda; a police officer. 

  • The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand. 

  • A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs. 

  • A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue. 

  • An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train. 

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