"discounts" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to reduced prices or the amount by which something is reduced. For example: "This store offers discounts on certain items during the holiday season."
But pensioner concession cards are provided by state governments, and at least some of the benefits they offer – like discounts on transport and utilities – are paid for by the states.
This means pensioners will lose their discounts on things like gas and electricity, council rates and transport.
In exchange for their cash, investors will get a stake in the business and perks such as discounts online and at BrewDog bars and a complimentary beer on their birthday.
The government expects around 15,000 of these high value council properties will become vacant annually, and proceeds from these sales will release £4.5bn a year – cash that will not only build new affordable property, but also fund the proposed discounts to tenants, creating a £1bn brownfield regeneration fund that will produce 400,000 new houses over five years.
But, in view of Greece's economic plight and the uncertain value of the banks' assets, the ECB discounts the value of the collateral they put up by around 40%.
Takhfifan is a popular Iranian version of the deal-of-the-day website Groupon, the deal-of-the-day website, offering discounts in nine categories on from restaurants and coffee shops to theatre and concert tickets.
What the government doesn't mention, though, is that the bells and whistles of a retail offer – the discounts and loyalty bonuses – are a cost to the public purse.
Home: Devon at a discount Upmarket self-catering specialist Blue Chip Holidays is offering discounts of up to 20% on holidays in Devon in June.
Yet in practice, insurers apply different approaches to discounts that are far from straightforward.
"How is the government saying the non-pensioners will continue to be eligible for concessions that are provided by the states?" Labor's social security spokeswoman, Jenny Macklin, said Hockey needed to explain whether he had secured the agreement of the states to continue providing the discounts.
Government sources said the part-pensioners losing their pension under the budget changes would definitely keep their commonwealth seniors health card, which offers discounts on pharmaceuticals, GP bulk billing and an annual energy supplement.
