(defn apply-discount [discount-percentage price] "Function to apply a discount to a price" (-> price (* (- 100 discount-percentage)) ;; Apply discount (/ 100.0))) ;; Here we have assigned the variable to a partial function ;; It means 'call apply-discount with 10 as the first argument' (def discount-10pc-option-1 (partial apply-discount 10)) ;; And is equivalent to this: (defn discount-10pc-option-2 [price] (apply-discount 10 price)) (discount-10pc-option-1 100); => 90 (discount-10pc-option-2 100); => 90