1.   Although the list prices of machines sold direct are cheaper, many dealers are able to offer large discounts on their stock.

2.   Analysts suspect that both Delta and American won large discounts on Boeing air planes for making the Seattle-based jetliner maker their sole suppliers.

3.   And in April, fixed-income funds, especially tax-exempt funds, tend to trade at especially large discounts, as investors sell them to pay taxes.

4.   And trucks, which pay substantially more than cars at the tollbooth, would be given large discounts for traveling late at night.

5.   At Seer Cooperative, a large discount grocery chain, purchases are rationed and managers said there had been no looting.

6.   But the mood remained subdued as industry analysts cited a number of trends that weighed down retailers while providing consumers with hope for large preholiday discounts.

7.   Conversions, along with share buybacks, are a favored strategy for eliminating large discounts.

8.   Earlier this year, Kmart Corp., another large discount chain, decided it would no longer buy realistic looking toy guns for sale.

9.   He said that limousine services and even a large discount retailer had asked him to make inquiries about the building.

10.   Large discount bookstores expand downtown while smaller, second-hand shops proliferate in far-flung neighborhoods.