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 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
Comes to about the same with cash discount.
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague
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