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English Dictionary: Rebate	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Rebate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rebate n a refund of some fraction of the amount paid [syn: rebate, discount] a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together Synonym(s): rabbet, rebate v give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week" cut a rebate in (timber or stone) join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebate \Rebate"\, 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. But doth rebate* and blunt his natural edge. --Shak. 2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties. --Blount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebate \Re*bate"\, v. i. To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Foxe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebate \Rebate"\, n. 1. Diminution. 2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate* of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. --Bouvier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebate \Re*bate"\, n. [See {Rabbet}.] 1. (Arch.) A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See {Rabbet}. 2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. --Elmes. 3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. --Elmes. 4. [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] --Elmes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebate \Rebate"\, v. t. To cut a rebate* in. See {Rabbet}, v.