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  1. transitive verb To deduct or subtract from a cost or price.
  2. transitive verb To purchase or sell (a bill, note, or other commercial paper) at a reduction equal to the amount of interest that will accumulate before it matures.
  3. transitive verb To lend money on (a commercial paper not immediately payable) after deducting the interest.
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  1. Alteration (influenced by dis- and count1) of French décompter, from Old French desconter : des-, away; see dis- + conter, to count; see count1.

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  1. Formerly sometimes discompt; from Old French disconter, descunter, later descompter, reckon off, account back, discount. F. décompter = Spanish Portuguese descontar = Italian scontare (cf. Dutch disconteren = German discontiren = Danish diskontere = Swedish diskontera), from Middle Latin discomputare, deduct, discount, from Latin dis-, away, from, + computare, reckon, count: see count, v., compute.
  2. = Old French descompte, French décompte = Spanish descuento = Portuguese desconto = Italian sconto, formerly disconto (later D.G. disconto = Danish diskonto = Swedish diskont), from Middle Latin discomputus, discount; from the verb: see discount, v.
 

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