discount
US
/ˈdɪs.kaʊnt/ (noun); /dɪsˈkaʊnt/ (verb)
UK
/ˈdɪs.kaʊnt/ (noun); /dɪsˈkaʊnt/ (verb)
Meaning
A reduction in the usual price of something, often offered by a shop or seller.
किसी चीज़ की सामान्य कीमत में छूट या कमी, जो अक्सर दुकान या विक्रेता देता है।
Examples
“Students get a discount on train tickets with a valid ID.”
“The shop offered us a small discount because we bought two chairs.”
“The store discounted its winter clothes at the end of the season.”
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Not natural: I got discount on these shoes.
Better: I got a discount on these shoes.
Use the article “a” before singular countable discount.
Singular countable noun “discount” से पहले “a” लगाएँ: “a discount।”
Not natural: The shop gave me a discount of these shoes.
Better: The shop gave me a discount on these shoes.
Use “on” to name the item whose price was reduced; “of” introduces an amount or percentage.
जिस चीज़ पर छूट मिली हो, उसके लिए “on” कहें; “of” छूट की रकम या प्रतिशत बताता है।
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As a noun, discount has stress on the first syllable; as a verb, stress the second: DIS-count, dis-COUNT.
Noun के रूप में पहले syllable पर ज़ोर दें—DIS-count; verb के रूप में दूसरे पर—dis-COUNT।