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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trade discount¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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