discount vs increase

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. 

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

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

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

  • 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 

adj
  • Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices. 

increase

noun
  • For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger 

  • The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting). 

  • Offspring, progeny 

  • An amount by which a quantity is increased. 

verb
  • To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific. 

  • To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax. 

  • To make (a quantity, etc.) larger. 

  • (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater. 

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