割引
解説 Definition
discounts は discount（割引）の複数形です。商品やサービスの値段が通常より安くなることを指し、店や広告でよく使われます。
Discounts are reductions from the usual prices of goods or services. The plural form can refer to several price reductions, different discount programs, or reduced rates offered to groups such as students.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
discount「割引」の複数形で、通常は語尾に -s を付けます。discount の末尾が無声音 /t/ なので、複数語尾は /s/ と発音します。student discounts、seasonal discounts、discounts on shoes のように、複数の割引制度・対象・値下げを比べる店頭場面で覚えましょう。
Begin with the singular noun discount, a reduction in the normal price, and add -s to show more than one reduction or type of reduced rate. Since discount ends in the voiceless sound /t/, the plural ending is pronounced /s/. Imagine comparing student discounts, seasonal discounts, and discounts on shoes before making a purchase. The plural is useful when a store offers several deals or when different groups receive different rates. Keep it distinct from a sale, which is an event during which discounted prices may be offered.
例文
The store offers discounts on shoes today.
その店は今日、靴の割引をしています。
Students can get discounts at this museum.
学生はこの博物館で割引を受けられます。
We compared the discounts before buying a phone.
私たちは電話を買う前に割引を比べました。
discounts の類義語・関連語
discounts の語源・成り立ち Etymology
discounts は discount の複数形で、語源は古フランス語 descompter とラテン語 computare「数える」です。dis-「離して・差し引いて」+ count「数える」で、「代金から分を引いて計算する」がそのまま「割引」の意味になりました。関連語は count、compute です。
Discounts is the regular plural of discount. Discount came into English through French forms related to descompter, “to deduct,” and is connected historically with count and Latin computare, “to calculate.” Its components suggest counting something away or subtracting it from a total. From the financial act of deducting an amount, the noun developed its familiar modern sense of a reduction from the standard price. The final -s simply marks the plural.
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