Dixon's summer sale I We got $10 off the chair because it had a small mark on it.
discount /'diskaont; [n C] a reduction in the price you pay for something, which is given for a special reason get a discount (=pay less) Do you get a discount if you pay in cash? 30%/Ј50 etc discount a 30% discount on all electrical goods
+ on Workers at the store get a discount on books and records. at a discount (=at a reduced price) Air UK are currently offering tickets to students at a special discount.
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bargain, 'barg^n/ [n C, something that costs a lot less than you expect or a lot less than it usually costs: 1 got this shirt when I was in Thailand - it was a real bargain. I Did you get any bargains at the market?
reasonable 'riiz^nah?!/ [adj] reasonable prices seem fa:r because they are not too high: They sell good-quality hi-fi equipment at reasonable prices. I Only
£15 a night? That's very reasonable!
special offer /.spej^l 'Df3r||-3if-/ (n С] а very low pnce that a shop sells something
for, in order to persuade more people to buy things in that shop: Today's special offer: melons at only 20p a kilo!
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to get money or possessions from someone dishonestly
cheat tji't [и T] to get money or possessions from someone dishonestly: He always thinks that people in shops are trying to cheat him.
cheat sb out of sth She says she was cheated out of $10.000 she paid to a modeling agency.
swindle 'swindl/ (и T] to get money from
a person or organization by cheating them, especially using clever and complic ated methods: He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for. swindle sb out of sth Investors have beer, swindled out of millions of
pounds.
Qcon /kon||ka:n [и T] especially spoken to persuade someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies con sb out of sth A man pretending to be a faith healer has conned around £20,000 out of desperate sick people. con sb into doing sth They conned her into leaving a blank credit card slip as a deposit.
conning - conned - have conned
Jlddle ,'fidl (и T] British informal to give false information or make dishonest changes in financial records, in order to get money or avoid paying money: My boss thinks I've been fiddling my travel expenses.
to make someone pay too
much money for something
overcharge /|3ov3ritja:rdi [v I/T] to
make someone pay too much for something in a shop, a restaurant, a taxi etc: Garage mechanics are twice as likely to overcharge women car-owners than men.
overcharge sb for sth The meal was good, but we were overcharged for the
wine.
Qrip off /Пр <0ff':>:f [phrasal verb T) spoken informal to make someone pay much more than the usual price for something
rip sb off They really ripped us off at that hotel.
rip ojf sb The bars by the sea make huge profits by ripping off tourists.
Qfl rip-off ь 'rip of||-o;f/ [n singular] spoken informal if something is a rip-off, it is much too expensive and you think that someone is trying to cheat you: "It cost £200 to get it fixed." 'What a rip-off!" a complete/total rip-off The meal cost me $80 - it was a total rip-off.
В to cheat in an examination or game
cheat yt/iit/ [и II to use dishonest methods
in order to pass an examination or win a game: Anyone caught cheating will automatically fail the exam. + at Jenny always cheats at cards, cheating [n Ц when someone cheats in an examination or game: Cheating is becoming fairly common in professional football.
0 when people are dishonest in order to get money
jidd(e the books//iddle the accounts
(^change a company's financial records) The company secretary has been fiddling the books for years.
fraud yfioidy In C/U] the crime of getting money dishonestly from a big organization, for example by giving false information or changing documents, especially over a long period: Big losses due to theft and fraud
forced the company to close. I Credit card fraud is very common.
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Qscam -sk$m/ [n C] spoken informal а clever plan for dishonestly getting money or advantages for yourself: They set fire to the house in order to get the insurance money - it was all a big scam, a tax scam (=to avoid paying tax)