# discount (economic)

price that is less per original price

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: commercial  ·  Arena: everyday

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [price](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-price.economic), [per](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-per.ratio), [original](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-original.first)

**Through:** price is less per original price

**Novel properties:**
- lower price
- percentage off
- value less than original

## Examples
- In 2023, Black Friday saw Walmart sell 65-inch TVs originally priced at $499 for $399. *(economics)*
- Steam's Summer Sale offered a 75% discount on the game Cyberpunk 2077, originally $60, for $15. *(computing)*
- Costco marks down day-old rotisserie chickens from $9.99 to $4.99 at 8 PM daily. *(everyday life)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-discount.economic.json*  
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