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View synonyms for discount house

discount house

[ dis-kount hous ]

noun

  1. Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
  2. British. bill broker.


discount house

noun

  1. a financial organization engaged in discounting bills of exchange, etc on a large scale primarily by borrowing call money from commercial banks
  2. another name for discount store
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of discount house1

First recorded in 1945–50

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