cash discount
Americannoun
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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.
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the amount deducted.
noun
Etymology
Origin of cash discount
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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The company set up its own direct-to-consumer sites to allow patients to purchase its Airspura inhaler and Farxiga diabetes drug at a cash discount.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Hypothetically, everything’s cool as long as the bartender tells the customer he’s getting a cash discount.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2017
They were finally given a cash discount, and then they returned home to more donations and a gift from the Lions Club.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2016
I asked the sales assistant if there was a cash discount.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2013
Because if you did give the cash discount yourself it would be so trifling that the people would not realize it was of any advantage to them.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Harold Whitehead
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