Rebate

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈriːbeɪt/, /rəˈbeɪt/

Origin

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

Full definition of rebate

Noun

1. A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement.
2. The return of part of an amount already paid.
3. (photography) 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. (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
2. (transitive) 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.
• ShakespeareBut doth rebate and blunt his natural edge.
4. (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
5. To abate; to withdraw.

Anagrams

• beater
• berate
• betear