at a discount
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[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- Below the usual price; below face value.
- (figuratively) In low regard; not in demand.
- 2003 April 14, Lord McCarthy, “Obituary: Lord Gladwin of Clee”, in The Guardian[1]:
- It is not that there are no replacements for such as Derek Gladwin; the tragedy is that there are. It is rather that, nowadays, long service and ideological constancy are at a discount as you move upwards.
Translations
[edit]below the usual price
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Further reading
[edit]- “at a discount”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “at a discount”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.