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trade discount

noun

  1. a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.


trade discount

noun

  1. a sum or percentage deducted from the list price of a commodity allowed by a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler to a retailer or by one enterprise to another in the same trade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trade discount1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

He got that car—allowing for his trade discount—for a hundred and thirty-five pounds—cape-cart hood and all.

Trade Discount—The discount allowed by a manufacturer to a jobber or by a jobber to a retailer.

Before a calculation is finished we must add the selling expenses to the cost, also take account of the trade discount.

Thus, the average trade discount now prevailing on net books and net fiction is 30 per cent in small quantities.

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