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Discount

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

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Adjustment 76% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Allowance 76% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Decrease 76% connected

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Diminution 76% connected

The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation…

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interest rate 76% connected

The cost of borrowing money or the return paid on savings.

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Reduction 76% connected

The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…

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Refund 76% connected

To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Manner of action 9

Allow 76% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Discredit 76% connected

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

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Disoblige 76% connected

To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be…

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Flout 76% connected

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

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Rebate 76% connected

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Scoff 76% connected

Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

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Slight 76% connected

Sleight.

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Derivationally related 6

Discounter 74% connected

One who discounts; a discount broker.

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Discounter 74% connected

One who discounts; a discount broker.

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Disregard 74% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disregard 74% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rebate 74% connected

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rebate 74% connected

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Deduction 92% connected

Act or process of deducing or inferring.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dismiss 92% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disregard 92% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ignore 92% connected

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rebate 92% connected

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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