If an encounter says discard $2 and then gives a reward, and you have only $1, do you discard the $1 and get the reward?

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Accepted Answer

No. The discard is all or nothing: with $2 or more you must discard it, and with less you neither discard nor get the reward. An earlier reading that discarded the $1 was overturned.

Arkham Horror

If an encounter says discard $2 and then gives a reward, and you have only $1, do you discard the $1 and get the reward?