Rebate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A deduction from an amount to be paid or a return of part of an amount given in payment.
  • v. To deduct or return (an amount) from a payment or bill.
  • v. To lessen; diminish.
  • n. Variant of rabbet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • n. The return of part of an amount already paid
  • n. A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet
  • v. To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  • v. To diminish or lessen something
  • v. To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
  • v. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
  • v. To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting of prices.
  • verb-intransitive. To abate; to withdraw.
  • n. Diminution.
  • n. Deduction; abatement
  • n. 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.
  • n. A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See rabbet.
  • n. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
  • n. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
  • n. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
  • v. To cut a rebate in. See rabbet, v.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat back; drive back by beating; fend or ward off; repulse.
  • To beat down; beat to bluntness; make obtuse or dull, literally or figuratively; blunt; bate.
  • To set or throw off; allow as a discount or abatement; make a drawback of. See the noun.
  • To draw back or away; withdraw; recede.
  • n. Diminution; retrenchment; specifically, an allowance by way of discount or drawback; a deduction from a gross amount.
  • n. A longitudinal space or groove cut back or sunk in a piece of joinery, timber, or the like, to receive the edge of some other part.
  • n. A kind of hard freestone used in pavements.
  • n. A piece of wood fastened to a handle, used for beating mortar.
  • To make a rebate or rabbet in, as a piece of joinery or other work; rabbet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
  • n. a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
  • n. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
  • v. give a reduction in the price during a sale
  • v. join with a rebate
  • Verb Form
    rebated    rebates    rebating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    groove    channel    discount    join    bring together   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    rabbet   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blunt    abate    withdraw    diminution    deduction    abatement    deduct   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    coupon    refund    discount    dividend    subsidy    Apollo    exemptions    incentive    surcharge    premium