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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007How I call this type of discount?
The calculation about the discount is explained as follows: Up to $1000, sell by 5% discount. Up to $2000, sell by 10% discount. Up to $3000, sell by 15% discount. How I call this type of discount? A full case discount? > The calculation about the discount is explained > as follows: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How I call this type of discount? A full case > discount? If you have any doubt how to name the type of discount, perhaps your readers would be equally uncertain. For practical purposes, it may be simpler to talk about a 5 per cent discount, a 10 per cent discount, and so on.  SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) windcolor (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message <eodeme$1nv$1@news.cn99.com>: > The calculation about the discount is explained > as follows: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How I call this type of discount? A full case > discount? In the UK we call this system "price breaks". SignatureTerms and conditions apply. Batteries not included. Subject to status. Contains moderate language. Always read the label. Keep out of children. Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply > windcolor (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message > <eodeme$1nv$1@news.cn99.com>: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > In the UK we call this system "price breaks". Really? Could you check the master folder containing the circulation list? I seem to be missing a set of minutes. Moving on, there's the old joke about the bloke who was negotiating the sale of his car over a drink in the pub. Offer and counter offer were made offering and asking various amounts and suggesting various discounts for various reasons. The prospective buyer eventually said "OK, last offer. I'll give you 730 quid if you take off seventeen and a half per cent for cash. I'm going for a slash and when I come back it's yes or no and that's that" and off he went. The seller was muddled and confused and beckoned the barmaid. "If you were offered 730 quid less seventeen and a half per cent, what would you take off?" [All together now] "Everything except me earrings." SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >windcolor (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message ><eodeme$1nv$1@news.cn99.com>: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >In the UK we call this system "price breaks". Never heard of it. Cheers - Ian > The calculation about the discount is explained > as follows: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How I call this type of discount? A full case > discount? A quantity discount or bulk purchase discount, it's a discount based on the volume of purchase. >> The calculation about the discount is explained >> as follows: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > A quantity discount or bulk purchase discount, it's a discount > based on the volume of purchase. Yes, but that doesn't tell the whole story. It's a progressive quantity discount, or something similar. > >> The calculation about the discount is explained > >> as follows: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Yes, but that doesn't tell the whole story. It's a progressive quantity > discount, or something similar. Or quantity price breaks. Now we've come full circle. On 14 Jan 2007, Fred wrote >>> The calculation about the discount is explained >>> as follows: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Yes, but that doesn't tell the whole story. It's a progressive > quantity discount, or something similar. "Graduated discount"? SignatureCheers, Harvey Canadian and British English, indiscriminately mixed For e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van > On 14 Jan 2007, Fred wrote > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > "Graduated discount"? Or how about 'Discount rates apply'. Thanks for your assistance! But the emphasis in my question is that if you consume exactly $1000 (or above) in the shop, then you will get a discount; if you consume less than $1000, then you can't get a discount. So I might call it as a discount of full sum. > Thanks for your assistance! > But the emphasis in my question is that > if you consume exactly $1000 (or above) in the shop, then you will get a > discount; if you consume less than $1000, then you can't get a discount. > So I might call it as a discount of full sum. A discount of full sum means you are going to charge nothing. If you're really stuck borrow the supermarket slogan, 'The more you spend - the more you save'. It is difficult to find a exact phrase to express this type of discount. I give up. Thanks for your explanation! > It is difficult to find a exact phrase to express this type of discount. I > give up. It's a shame you give up so soon, because "a discount of full sum" did ring a bell for me. I was actively working on finding the right words for you. So here's my entry once more: "an incremental discount". That oughta be exact. Too bad you're not here to read this. > Thanks for your assistance! > But the emphasis in my question is that > if you consume exactly $1000 (or above) in the shop, then you will get a If you spend $1000 or more... > discount; if you consume less than $1000, then you can't get a discount. The minimum purchase to receive a discount is $1000. > So I might call it as a discount of full sum. Does "full sum" mean using a whole number? If so, the phrase you're looking for is "progressive discount". You may want to tell your customers in plain English: "We offer progressive discount for every thousand dollars spent." The best way to explain this is with examples: Save 5% off any purchase of $1000 or more Save 10% off any purchase of $2000 or more Save 15% off any purchase of $3000 or more I hope this helps. > The calculation about the discount is explained > as follows: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How I call this type of discount? A full case > discount? Try:- A graduated discount on the total order value. > > The calculation about the discount is explained > > as follows: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Try:- > A graduated discount on the total order value. By George, I think I've got it! It just dawned on me that graduated, price break, progressive, and incremental, all of these are calculation schemes for: "volume discount"! Yes, a full case or full sum discount! :O) > > > The calculation about the discount is explained as follows: > > > Up to $1000, sell by 5% discount. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > "volume discount"! > Yes, a full case or full sum discount! :O) What if the full case of widgets costs 10,000 dollars and grommets are ten dollars per case? (and Lymeswold is market price on the day?) |
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