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Discrepancy(finance)
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DISCREPANCY(law)

discrepancy (oh)



[U and C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: discrepare 'to make unpleasant sounds that do not go together']
a difference between two amounts, details, reports etc that should be the same
discrepancy in
::Police found discrepancies in the two men's reports.
discrepancy between
::There is a large discrepancy between the ideal image of motherhood and the reality.