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rebate

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːbeɪt/

The English word “rebate” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
  2. The return of part of an amount already paid.
  3. The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
  4. A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
  5. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
  6. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
  7. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

verb

  1. To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  2. To diminish or lessen something
  3. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
  4. To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
  5. To abate; to withdraw.
  6. Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².

Etymology

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

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