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A number wearing a costume, convincing you spending money is somehow saving it.
means To reduce the price of something, or the amount by which a price is reduced.
from From Old French 'desconter' and Medieval Latin 'discomputare' — 'dis-' (away) plus 'computare' (to count, to reckon), the same 'computare' that gives us 'compute' and 'count.' So a discount is, quite literally, an amount counted away from the total — a subtraction dressed up as a gift.
- Anchor trick
- Stores inflate prices first, then slash for fake savings
- Decoy effect
- A useless option exists just to flatter another
- Charm pricing
- Ending in 9 reads cheaper than a penny more
- Black Friday
- Name born from accountants finally turning a profit
- Word origin
- From Latin computare, the same root as compute
for instance
black friday — annual retail event with up to 70% discounts, started 1950s philadelphia
costco membership — warehouse club charging $65-130 annually for bulk discounts, 68 million members
groupon deals — daily deal platform offering 50-90% discounts on local services, founded 2008