A star in the constellation Lyra and one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. It is a white main-sequence star in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with an apparent magnitude of 0.04. Vega, along with Altair and Deneb, form the Summer Triangle asterism. Scientific name: Alpha Lyra.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.

2.	to offer for sale or sell at a reduced price: The store discounted all clothing for the sale.

3.	to advance or lend money with deduction of interest on (commercial paper not immediately payable).

4.	to purchase or sell (a bill or note) before maturity at a reduction based on the interest for the time it still has to run.

5.	to leave out of account; disregard: Even if we discount the irrelevant material, the thesis remains mediocre.

6.	to allow for exaggeration in (a statement, opinion, etc.): Knowing his political bias they discounted most of his story.

7.	to take into account in advance, often so as to diminish the effect of: They had discounted the effect of a decline in the stock market.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to advance or lend money after deduction of interest.

9.	to offer goods or services at a reduced price.

–noun

10.	the act or an instance of discounting.

11.	an amount deducted from the usual list price.

12.	any deduction from the nominal value.

13.	a payment of interest in advance upon a loan of money.

14.	the amount of interest obtained by one who discounts.

15.	an allowance made for exaggeration or bias, as in a report, story, etc.: Even after all the discounts are taken, his story sounds phony.

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16.	selling or offered at less than the usual or established price: discount theater tickets.

17.	selling goods at a discount: a discount drugstore.

—Idiom

18.	at a discount, a. Commerce. below par. b. below the usual list price. c. in low esteem or regard: His excuses were taken at a discount by all who ae9 knew him. d. not in demand; unwanted: Such ancient superstitions are at a discount in a civilized society.

–noun

1.	a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.

2.	(initial capital letter) Military. the NATO name for a class of nuclear-powered Soviet ballistic missile submarine armed with up to six single-warhead missiles.

3.	a word used in communications to represent the letter H.