Definition of rebate Rebate

/ɹiˈbejˌt/ - [reebeyt] - re•bate

We found 27 definitions of rebate from 6 different sources.

What does rebate mean?

Noun Plural: rebates
rebate - a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
		discount
		refund the act of returning money received previously
rebate - a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
		rabbet
		groove, channel (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
Verb rebeats, rebeating, rebeaten
rebate - cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
		cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
		rusticate lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"
rebate - join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"
		bring together, join make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
rebate - give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"
		discount give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

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rebate (Noun)
A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement.
rebate (Noun)
The return of part of an amount already paid.
rebate (Noun)
A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces of wood etc together; a rabbet.
rebate (Verb)
To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment.
rebate (Verb)
To diminish or lessen something.
rebate (Verb)
To cut a rebate or rabbet in something.
rebate (Verb)
To abate; to withdraw.

rebate (v. t.)
To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
rebate (v. t.)
To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
rebate (v. i.)
To abate; to withdraw.
rebate (n.)
Diminution.
rebate (n.)
Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
rebate (n.)
A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
rebate (n.)
A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
rebate (n.)
An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
rebate (n.)
A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
rebate (v. t.)
To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

rebate
rē-bāt′, v.t. (Shak.) to beat to obtuseness, to blunt: to beat back: to allow as discount.—n. Rēbāte′ment, deduction: diminution: narrowing: (her.) a shortening, as of one arm of a cross. [Fr. rebattre, to beat back—L. re-, back, battuĕre, to beat.]
rebate
rē-bāt′, n. same as Rabate—also a hard freestone used in pavements: wood fastened to a handle in beating mortar

rebate
An angular incision cut longitudinally in a piece of timber, to receive the ends of a number of planks, to be securely fastened therein. Thus the ends of the lower planks of a ship's bottom terminate upon the stem afore, and on the stern-post abaft. The surface of the garboard streak, whose edge is let into the keel, is in the same manner level with the side of the keel at the extremities of the vessel. They are therefore termed stem, stern, or keel rabbets.
rebate
See DISCOUNT.

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