discounted
discounted — adjective
1. available to buy for less money than the normal price, often because a shop is h
available to buy for less money than the normal price, often because a shop is having a sale or wants to clear old stock.
Tomás bought two discounted laptops during the back-to-school sale at the campus store.
attributive: discounted + noun (laptops)
Last winter coats from the previous season are heavily discounted at the outlet mall in Taoyuan.
predicative + intensifier: heavily discounted
Sumin booked a discounted train ticket to Busan two weeks before her trip.
The bookstore offers a discounted rate to students who show a valid ID card.
Members of the gym can enrol in yoga classes at a discounted price every Sunday morning.
- reduced
very close synonym; 'reduced price' is interchangeable with 'discounted price'
- marked down
more informal; emphasises the act of lowering a labelled price in a shop
- on sale
predicative only; describes the item as currently in a sale rather than as a permanent feature
- full-price
the original, unreduced price
- premium
priced higher than normal, often for quality or exclusivity
文法句型
discounted + noun (price/ticket/rate)
be discounted (predicative)
用法筆記
Almost always sits directly before a noun (a discounted ticket, the discounted items) or follows a linking verb with an intensifier (heavily/deeply discounted). The fixed phrase 'at a discounted price/rate' is the most common pattern.
常見錯誤
discounted — verb
1. past tense of 'discount' meaning sold something for a lower amount than its usua
past tense of 'discount' meaning sold something for a lower amount than its usual price, usually to attract buyers or clear stock.
The bakery discounted yesterday's bread by fifty percent on Sunday afternoon.
pattern: discounted [noun] by [percentage]
Élise discounted the handmade scarves from twenty euros to twelve euros at the Christmas market.
pattern: discounted [noun] from $X to $Y
The travel agency discounted flights to Okinawa during the rainy season to fill empty seats.
Christopher discounted the old printer in his garage sale because nobody had shown any interest.
Furniture stores often discounted display models heavily after a new collection arrived.
- marked down
more informal; common in retail contexts
- reduced
very close synonym; slightly more formal in price contexts
- slashed
informal and dramatic; suggests a large, sudden cut, often in headlines
文法句型
discounted + noun (goods/tickets)
discounted [noun] by [amount/percentage]
discounted [noun] from $X to $Y
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2: this sense always concerns money or price. If the object is a thing being sold (a product, a service, a ticket), this is the right reading. If the object is an idea, claim, or person's opinion, you want sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. past tense of 'discount' meaning decided that an idea, claim, or piece of inform
past tense of 'discount' meaning decided that an idea, claim, or piece of information was not worth taking seriously, often after weighing the evidence.
The detective discounted the witness's story because too many details kept changing each time.
pattern: discounted + noun (story/claim) with reason clause
Investors quickly discounted the rumour about a merger after the chief executive denied it in public.
object: discounted the rumour / the possibility / the report
Trang discounted Daniel's warning about the road, and her car got stuck in the flood that evening.
Scientists discounted the early theory as soon as new data from the satellite arrived.
Voters in the small town discounted the politician's promises after he had broken three of them already.
- dismissed
very close synonym; the most natural everyday replacement
- disregarded
more formal; emphasises deliberate ignoring
- discredited
stronger; suggests showing something to be false, not just setting it aside
文法句型
discounted + noun (claim/possibility/idea)
discounted [noun] as [adjective/noun]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person, group, or institution doing assessment (a court, investors, scientists, voters). Object is something proposed for belief — a claim, rumour, theory, possibility, or someone's words. Often appears with 'as [unreliable / insufficient / fake]' to state the basis for rejecting it.