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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

할인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: harin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Discount/ˈdɪs.kaʊnt/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 회원에게 10퍼센트 할인을 제공합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A deduction from the usual cost of something.

    "They offered a ten percent discount for cash payments."
As verb
  1. 1

    To deduct an amount from the usual price of something.

    "The store discounted all winter coats."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French prefix dis- (expressing separation or reversal) combined with compter (to count, compute), originating from Latin computare. It entered Middle English via merchant terminology in the late 16th century, shifting from the general meaning of counting out or deducting to specifically denoting a price reduction.

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