cash discount

American  

noun

1. a term of sale by which the buyer deducts a percentage from the bill if it is paid immediately in cash or within a stipulated period by check or cash.

2. the amount deducted.

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cash discount British  

noun

1. a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date

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Etymology

Origin of cash discount

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cash discount

The company will start offering it next year to some third-party cash discount card administrators.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Hypothetically, everything’s cool as long as the bartender tells the customer he’s getting a cash discount.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2017

Or it can raise the price slightly for all customers, and then offer a cash discount of five cents a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2016

I asked the sales assistant if there was a cash discount.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2013

“Taking the cash discount, it comes to a dollar less than what I was ready to pay you,” he said.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert