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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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
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
It is equally obvious that the differential should approximate the freight rate between Chicago and the Seaboard, where the refiners are located, with allowance also for the cash discount.
From About sugar buying for jobbers How you can lessen business risks by trading in refined sugar futures by Dyer, B. W. (Benjamin Wheeler)
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