discount house

discount house

n

1. (Banking & Finance) chiefly Brit a financial organization engaged in discounting bills of exchange, etc on a large scale primarily by borrowing call money from commercial banks

2. (Commerce) chiefly US another name for discount store

dis′count house`

n.

a store that sells much of its merchandise at less than the usual price.

Also called dis′count store`.

[1945–50]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

discount house - a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price discount store, discounter, wholesale house mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods discount chain - a chain of discount stores

Translations

discount house

n

a. (Brit) (Fin) → istituto di sconto, discount house f inv

b. (Am) = discount store