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έκπτωση
discount /ˈek.pto.si/
nounC1#3513 most common
Also: deduction, forfeiture/lapse (legal)
Example sentences
Το μπλουζάκι έχει έκπτωση.
The T-shirt is on discount.
Πόση έκπτωση κάνετε;
How much discount do you give?
Αγόρασα το φόρεμα με έκπτωση πενήντα τοις εκατό.
I bought the dress with a fifty percent discount.
Το κατάστημα προσφέρει εκπτώσεις σε όλα τα προϊόντα κάθε Ιανουάριο.
The store offers discounts on all products every January.
Η εφορία αναγνώρισε έκπτωση φόρου για τα έξοδα ανακαίνισης.
The tax office recognized a tax deduction for the renovation expenses.
Ο δικηγόρος επικαλέστηκε την έκπτωση του δικαιώματός του λόγω παρέλευσης της προθεσμίας.
The lawyer invoked the forfeiture of his right due to the lapse of the deadline.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η έκπτωση | οι εκπτώσεις |
| Genitive | της έκπτωσης | των εκπτώσεων |
| Accusative | την έκπτωση | τις εκπτώσεις |
| Vocative | έκπτωση | εκπτώσεις |
Word family
εκπίπτωto fall out; to lapse; to be deducted
εκπτωτικόςdiscount, discounted (e.g. εκπτωτικό κουπόνι)
έκπτωτοςdeposed, forfeited, ousted
πτώσηfall; grammatical caseEtymology
Έκπτωση comes from ancient Greek ἔκπτωσις (ekptōsis), a noun built on ἐκπίπτω (ekpiptō), "to fall out of" or "to fall off". That verb combines the prefix ἐκ- ("out of") with πίπτω ("to fall"). The core sense of falling extended over time to a fall in price, which is why the word now means discount, and it kept a narrower legal sense of losing or forfeiting a right.
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