discounted
割引された
解説 Definition
discounted は discount（割引する）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞としては「割引された」という意味です。商品、料金、チケットなどが通常価格より安くなっている場合に使います。
Describing a product, ticket, service, or price that has been reduced from its usual or original amount. It indicates that a discount has been applied, rather than merely stating that something is inexpensive.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 discount に -ed を付けた過去分詞で、ここでは「割引された」という形容詞用法です。discounted ticket、discounted price、discounted books のように名詞の前に置き、通常価格から一部が差し引かれた状態を表します。発音は /ˈdɪskaʊntɪd/。cheap は単に安いという評価で、割引の有無までは示しません。
Connect “discounted” with the verb “discount”: when a seller discounts a price, the item becomes discounted. The regular -ed ending forms the past participle, pronounced /ˈdɪskaʊntɪd/, and here it functions as an adjective. Remember common combinations such as “discounted ticket,” “discounted price,” “discounted books,” and “discounted bus pass.” Imagine the original amount on a price label being reduced. “Cheap” only says that something costs little and may suggest low quality; “discounted” specifically tells you that the usual or original price has been lowered.
例文
I bought a discounted ticket online.
オンラインで割引チケットを買いました。
The store sells discounted books on weekends.
その店は週末に割引された本を販売します。
Students can use discounted bus passes.
学生は割引されたバス定期券を利用できます。
discounted の類義語・関連語
discounted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dis-（離れて・否定）＋count（数える、古フランス語conter←ラテン語computare「計算する」）から成り、「計算から差し引く」が原義。関連語：account（勘定）、recount（数え直す）。総額から一部を「差し引く」ことから割引の意味になった。
“Discounted” is the past participle of “discount,” formed regularly with -ed. “Discount” developed through French and Italian commercial vocabulary from elements corresponding to dis-, indicating separation or removal, and “count,” ultimately related to Latin computare, “to calculate.” The underlying commercial idea is an amount taken away from a calculation or total. As an adjective, “discounted” therefore describes something whose normal price has had an amount deducted.
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