A discount reduces the usual price.
The idea
Discount is countable: a discount, two discounts. Say a discount on an item.
Examples
- The shop offers a ten percent discount today.
- Is there a discount for students?
- With the discount, the jacket costs forty euros.
- The discount saves us five pounds on the tickets.
- These discounts end on Friday.
- A twenty percent discount on fifty dollars saves ten dollars.
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The discount is the amount taken off, not the price left to pay.
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Choose the correct answer. The book has a 10% ___. (discount / receipt)
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discount
discount: the book has one price reduction.
Choose the correct answer. Two shops offer different ___. (discounts / discount)
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discounts
discounts: two shops offer separate reductions.
Choose the correct answer. A 50% discount on $20 saves ___. ($10 / $20)
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$10
$10: half of twenty dollars is ten dollars.
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Choose the correct answer. The book has a 10% ___. (discount / receipt)
Choose the correct answer. Two shops offer different ___. (discounts / discount)
Choose the correct answer. A 50% discount on $20 saves ___. ($10 / $20)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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