generous discount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenerousanddiscount
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generous
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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discount
noun[C]
uk/ˈdɪs.kaʊnt/us/ˈdɪs.kaʊnt/
a reduction in the ...
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(Definition ofgenerousanddiscountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Usually one can obtain agenerousdiscount, except for vehicles which are in demand at the time.
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It is a verygenerousdiscountthat purchasers of council property are given.
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Given that we wish to raise a given sum by means of the tax, a moregenerousdiscountwill involve a higher headline figure for double-adult and larger households.
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Many will think that now is the time to take advantage of low prices, low interest rates, and generous discounts.
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There will be generous discounts allowed under that right as well, subject to safeguards on resale.
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We believe that with the admittedly extremely generous discounts there will be a large demand, at least in the early months and years.
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This requires generous discounts to enable them to buy, and a charter to establish their own rights and status.
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Generous discounts have been offered as a reward for years of paying rent, but we should not go too far down that route.
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The authorities can sell the houses they control at generous discounts below the current market value.
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Sitting tenants have the advantage of fair though generous discounts, but that is not so for the first-time buyer.
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Some 160,000 tenants have been offered the opportunity to purchase their homes with the benefit of generous discounts off market values depending on the length of tenancies.
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However, they will now find that tenants, if they can afford to buy at generous discounts, will seek the capital gain that such a purchase will offer them.
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Some 160,000 tenants have been offered the opportunity to purchase their homes with the benefit of generous discounts off market values, depending on the length of tenancies.
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These are very generous discounts.
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He gives the most generous discounts.
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Is not one of the factors at the heart of the matter that people are being encouraged, by substantial and generous discounts, to buy property in a rather unprotected manner?
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The school continued to expand aided by a low-fee philosophy and generous discounts for less well off students.
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Business was always done on a strictly cash basis, with generous discounts for bulk purchases to the local distributors who then resold them to retail vendors.
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