Discounts and allowances are when the price of goods or services is made lower.

The most common types of discounts and allowances are listed below.

Some discounts and allowances are forms of sales promotion.

Sale, discounts and allowances in the prices of goods, such as:

For discounts in marketing, see discounts and allowances, sales promotion, and pricing.

Categories include philanthropy ("do some good"), entertainment, fashion, Discounts and allowances ("hot deals") and travel.

In conjunction with lower prices, Mrs. Chaus forbade giving her retail customers "markdown money," the discounts and allowances manufacturers extend to merchants when products fail to sell at full price.

Discounts and allowances can be a change of the price that the manufacturer sells the product for, the retail price (set by the retailer and often attached to the product with a sticker), or the list price (which is quoted to a potential buyer, usually in written form).

Identify the appropriate credit policy, i.e. credit terms which will attract customers, such that any impact on cash flows and the cash conversion cycle will be offset by increased revenue and hence Return on Capital (or vice versa); see Discounts and allowances.