FluentPlex

escompter

/ɛs.kɔ̃.te/ verb C1
  1. to discount because of a payment by anticipation
  2. to anticipate, to be in the hope of
+ Save to review

Verb forms

Infinitive
escompter
Present participle
escomptant
Past participle
escompté
Present (je)
escompte
Future (je)
escompterai
Passé composé (je)
ai escompté

From the library

Voici un voyage que je vous donne le conseil de ne point escompter pour 25.000 francs de bénéfice. »
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 3 · C1
— Certainement ; il vous en coûtera seulement un escompte de cinq à six mille francs.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 1044 · C1

Learn escompter in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.