- chiefly Brit a financial organization engaged in discounting bills of exchange, etc on a large scale primarily by borrowing call money from commercial banks
- chiefly US
another name for discount store
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis′count house′,
- Communications, BusinessAlso called dis′count store′. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- Business[Brit.]See bill broker.
- 1945–50
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discount house n
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