at a discount

1. At a lower than usual price; also, held in low esteem. For example, I'm holding off on buying a computer until I can get one at a discount, or Liberals are at a discount in the present administration. The first usage, mainly found in business and commerce, dates from about 1700. The figurative usage is about a century newer.

Example Sentences

One problem has been that the VIX futures are trading at a discount to VIX.

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Josh Wolfson, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said there is merit in a breakup or sale of assets by Barrick, supported by a share price that is trading at a discount to the sum of the company’s parts.

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The company sought to get customers to adopt more of its products by offering additional services at a discount.

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While those megacap tech stocks may seem expensive given their trillion-dollar-plus valuations, several actually trade at a discount to their historical valuation multiples.

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It pays in crude, instead, which the state sells on at a discount.

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