Discount Purchasing Like any other word or phrase there are different meanings and sayings. With the word discount there are several meanings for just one word. So to start our research project we are going to provide you with a definition describing the different meanings of the word discount. First we will start with the word discount in the commerce sense. "Discount, in commerce, deduction from the price of a commodity. Discounts are usually made …showed first 75 words of 1137 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1137 total…he tried to convince the head office to change from offering discounts on only items that didn't sell to all of the stores items. That same year Sam and his brother Bud decided to open their own store named Wal-Mart Discount City, in Rogers, Arkansas. Operating 18 Wal-Mart Discount Stores now in 1969, they where now just commonly known as Wal-Mart's. Sam managed to do all of this well still managing 15 Ben Franklin Stores, Sam Walton incorporated.