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Definition of 'rebate'

noun

A refund of some fraction of the amount paid [syn: rebate, discount]

noun

A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rabbet, rebate]

verb

Give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"

verb

Cut a rebate in (timber or stone)

verb

Join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"

From: GCIDE

Rebate \Re*bate"\, n. [See Rabbet.]
1. (Arch.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet. [1913 Webster]
2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. --Elmes. [1913 Webster]
3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. --Elmes. [1913 Webster]
4. [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] --Elmes. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

From: GCIDE

Rebate \Re*bate"\ (r[-e]*b[=a]t"), v. t. [F. rebattre to beat again; pref. re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.]
1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise. [1913 Webster]
But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties. --Blount. [1913 Webster]
3. To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting of prices. [PJC]
Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

From: GCIDE

Rebate \Re*bate"\, n.
1. Diminution. [1913 Webster]
2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
3. A portion of a sum paid, returned to the purchaser, as a method of discounting. The rebate is sometimes returned by the manufacturer, after the full price is paid to the retailer by the purchaser. [PJC]