To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like. / To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest

A reduction in price. / (finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

(of a store) Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.

The act of disapproving; condemnation.

(medicine) A disorder in which the adrenal glands fail to produce a sufficient quantity of steroids, causing hypocortisolemia and a resultant brownish discoloration of the skin.

(slang, idiomatic, euphemistic) Theft or pilferage, typically of a small item; shoplifting.

An administrative division of an area. / An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature. / (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

(transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.

(obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh

The federal capital region of the United States of America. The City of Washington used to be a municipality within the District of Columbia until 1871, when two entities were merged. For this reason, the district is also generally known as Washington, D.C.