triple coupon discount. 
     V. discount, bate; abate, rebate; reduce, price down, mark down take
off, allow, give, make allowance; tax. 
     Adj. discounting &c. v. 
     Adv. at a discount, below par; at wholesale; have a friend in the
business.

     #814.  Dearness.—­ N. dearness &c. adj.; high price, famine price,
fancy price; overcharge; extravagance; exorbitance, extortion; heavy pull upon the purse. 
     V. be dear &c. adj.; cost much, cost a pretty penny; rise in price,
look up.
     [demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece, extort.
     [pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, pay through the nose,
pay too dear for one’s whistle, pay top dollar. 
     Adj. dear; high, high priced; of great price, expensive, costly,
precious; worth a Jew’s eye|!, dear bought.
     at a premium.
     not to be had, not to be had for love or money; beyond price, above
price, priceless, of priceless value.
     [priced in excess of value] unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant,
extortionate; overpriced, more than it’s woth. 
     Adv. dear, dearly; at great cost, heavy cost; a grands frais[Fr]. 
     Phr. prices looking up; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle[French]; le
cout en ote le gout[Fr]; vel prece vel pretio[Lat][obs3]; too high a price to pay, not worth it.

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     #815.  Cheapness.—­ N. cheapness, low price; depreciation; bargain;
good penny &c. worth; snap [U.S.].
     [Absence of charge] gratuity; free quarters, free seats, free
admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee [coll.]; run of one’s teeth; nominal price, peppercorn rent; labor of love.
     drug in the market; deadhead[obs3]. 
     V. be cheap &c. adj.; cost little; come down in price, fall in price.
     buy for a mere nothing, buy for an old song; have one’s money’s worth. 
     Adj. cheap; low, low priced; moderate, reasonable; inexpensive,
unexpensive[obs3]; well worth the money, worth the money; magnifique et pas cher[French]; good at the price, cheap at the price; dirt cheap, dog cheap; cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty; catchpenny; discounted &c. 813.
     half-price, depreciated, unsalable.
     gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing; costless, expenseless[obs3];
without charge, not charged, untaxed; scotfree, shotfree[obs3], rent-free; free of cost, free of expense; honorary, unbought, unpaid. 
     Adv. for a mere song, for a song; at cost, at cost price, at prime
cost, at a reduction; a bon marche[Fr].

     #816.  Liberality.—­ N. liberality, generosity, munificence; bounty,
bounteousness, bountifulness; hospitality; charity &c. (beneficence) 906. 
     V. be liberal &c.adj.; spend freely, bleed freely; shower down upon;
open one’s purse strings &c. (disburse) 809; spare no expense, give carte blanche[Fr]. 
     Adj. liberal, free, generous; charitable &c. (beneficent) 906;
hospitable; bountiful, bounteous; handsome; unsparing, ungrudging; unselfish; open handed, free handed, full handed; open hearted, large hearted, free hearted; munificent, princely.
     overpaid. 
     Phr. “handsome is that handsome does” [Goldsmith].