| discount | | |
| n. (act) | 1. deduction, discount, price reduction | the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. |
| ~ reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease | the act of decreasing or reducing something. |
| n. (possession) | 2. bank discount, discount, discount rate | interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan. |
| ~ interest rate, rate of interest | the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use. |
| ~ bank rate | the discount rate fixed by a central bank. |
| n. (possession) | 3. discount, rebate | a refund of some fraction of the amount paid. |
| ~ refund | money returned to a payer. |
| ~ rent-rebate | a rebate on rent given by a local government authority. |
| n. (possession) | 4. deduction, discount | an amount or percentage deducted. |
| ~ allowance, adjustment | an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances.; "an allowance for profit" |
| ~ trade discount | a discount from the list price of a commodity allowed by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a merchant. |
| v. (communication) | 5. brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside | bar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances" |
| ~ cold-shoulder, slight | pay no attention to, disrespect.; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" |
| ~ reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge.; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" |
| ~ discredit | cause to be distrusted or disbelieved.; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary" |
| ~ shrug off | minimize the importance of, brush aside.; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points" |
| ~ pass off | disregard.; "She passed off the insult" |
| ~ flout, scoff | treat with contemptuous disregard.; "flout the rules" |
| ~ turn a blind eye | refuse to acknowledge.; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office" |
| ~ laugh away, laugh off | deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it.; "She laughs away all these problems" |
| ~ disoblige | ignore someone's wishes. |
| v. (possession) | 6. discount | give a reduction in price on.; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes" |
| ~ allow | grant as a discount or in exchange.; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera" |
| ~ mark down | reduce the price of. |
| ~ rebate | give a reduction in the price during a sale.; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week" |
| lessen | | |
| v. (change) | 1. decrease, diminish, fall, lessen | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ break | diminish or discontinue abruptly.; "The patient's fever broke last night" |
| ~ shrivel, shrink | decrease in size, range, or extent.; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" |
| ~ taper | diminish gradually.; "Interested tapered off" |
| ~ drop off | fall or diminish.; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" |
| ~ vaporize, vanish, fly | decrease rapidly and disappear.; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" |
| ~ break | fall sharply.; "stock prices broke" |
| ~ ease off, slacken off, ease up, flag | become less intense. |
| ~ change magnitude | change in size or magnitude. |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce | be cooked until very little liquid is left.; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| ~ shrink, contract | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture.; "The fruit dried and shriveled" |
| ~ die away, let up, slack off, abate, slack | become less in amount or intensity.; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| ~ deflate | become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air.; "The balloons deflated" |
| ~ dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down | become smaller or lose substance.; "Her savings dwindled down" |
| ~ remit | diminish or abate.; "The pain finally remitted" |
| ~ de-escalate | diminish in size, scope, or intensity.; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time" |
| ~ devaluate, depreciate, devalue, undervalue | lose in value.; "The dollar depreciated again" |
| ~ shorten | become short or shorter.; "In winter, the days shorten" |
| ~ thin out | become sparser.; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" |
| ~ wane, go down, decline | grow smaller.; "Interest in the project waned" |
| ~ wane | decrease in phase.; "the moon is waning" |
| ~ wane | become smaller.; "Interest in his novels waned" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ decrescendo | grow quieter.; "The music decrescendoes here" |
| v. (change) | 2. decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ suppress | reduce the incidence or severity of or stop.; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage" |
| ~ mitigate | make less severe or harsh.; "mitigating circumstances" |
| ~ pare, pare down | decrease gradually or bit by bit. |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| ~ boil down, concentrate, reduce | cook until very little liquid is left.; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
| ~ shrink, reduce | reduce in size; reduce physically.; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| ~ abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| ~ abate, slake, slack | make less active or intense. |
| ~ lour, lower, turn down | make lower or quieter.; "turn down the volume of a radio" |
| ~ de-escalate, step down, weaken | reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.; "de-escalate a crisis" |
| ~ minimize, minimise | make small or insignificant.; "Let's minimize the risk" |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ cut | have a reducing effect.; "This cuts into my earnings" |
| ~ slack up, slacken, slack, relax | make less active or fast.; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" |
| ~ diminish, belittle | lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of.; "don't belittle your colleagues" |
| v. (change) | 3. lessen, subside | wear off or die down.; "The pain subsided" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| minimize | | |
| v. (change) | 1. minimise, minimize | make small or insignificant.; "Let's minimize the risk" |
| ~ hedge | minimize loss or risk.; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (communication) | 2. downplay, minimise, minimize, understate | represent as less significant or important. |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ trivialise, trivialize | make trivial or insignificant.; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!" |
| v. (communication) | 3. belittle, denigrate, derogate, minimize | cause to seem less serious; play down.; "Don't belittle his influence" |
| ~ disparage, belittle, pick at | express a negative opinion of.; "She disparaged her student's efforts" |
| ~ talk down | belittle through talk. |
| minos | | |
| n. (person) | 1. minos | son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld. |
| ~ greek deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks. |
| less | | |
| adj. | 1. less | (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" |
| ~ comparative, comparative degree | the comparative form of an adjective or adverb.; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'" |
| ~ slight, little | (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some.; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work" |
| adj. | 2. less | (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality.; "no less than perfect" |
| ~ inferior | of low or inferior quality. |
| adj. | 3. less | (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer.; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less" |
| ~ fewer | (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of.; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late" |
| adv. | 4. less, to a lesser extent | used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs.; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" |
| adv. | 5. less | comparative of little.; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" |
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