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sally | discount |

As a proper noun sally

is , also used as a formal given name.

As a noun discount is

discount (reduction in price).

sally

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) saly, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(sallies)
  • A willow
  • Any tree that looks like a willow
  • An object made from the above trees' wood
    • Derived terms
    * sally rod

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir 'to leap forth', itself from (etyl) salire 'to leap'

    Noun

    (sallies)
  • A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
  • A sudden rushing forth.
  • (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • An excursion or side trip.
  • * John Locke
    • Everyone shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that goes still round in the same track.
  • A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
    • See also
    * sally port

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a sudden attack on an enemy from a defended position.
    • The troops sallied in desperation.
  • To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")
    • As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action. -William Manchester
  • To venture off the beaten path.

    • Etymology 3

    From salvation in Salvation Army, from (etyl) salvatio

    Noun

    (sallies)
  • (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
    • Synonyms
    * Salvo

    Anagrams

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    discount

    English

    (wikipedia discount) (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of.
    • Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
  • To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
  • * Walsh
    • Discount only unexceptionable paper.
  • To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
  • To leave out of account; to take no notice of.
  • * Sir William Hamilton
    • Of the three opinions, (I discount Brown's), under this head, one supposes that the law of Causality is a positive affirmation, and a primary fact of thought, incapable of all further analysis.
  • :They discounted his comments.
  • To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reduction in price.
  • A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
  • The rate of interest charged in discounting.

    • Synonyms

    * (reduction in price) rebate, reduction

    Antonyms

    * surcharge

    Derived terms

    * quantity discount * rediscount * seasonal discount

    Descendants

    * German:

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of goods, available at reduced prices; discounted.
    • This store specializes in discount wares.
  • Of a store, specializing in goods at reduced prices.
    • If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.

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