discount house

noun

Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.

British. bill broker.

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Origin:
1945–50

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discount house

—n
1.	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.	chiefly (US) another name for discount store

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