REBATE

rabbet, rebate

(noun) a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

rebate, discount

(noun) a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

rebate

(verb) join with a rebate; “rebate the pieces of timber and stone”

rebate

(verb) cut a rebate in (timber or stone)

rebate

(verb) give a reduction in the price during a sale; “The store is rebating refrigerators this week”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rebate (plural rebates)

A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.

The return of part of an amount already paid.

(photography) The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.

A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.

A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.

An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.

A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

Verb

rebate (third-person singular simple present rebates, present participle rebating, simple past and past participle rebated)

(transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment

(transitive) To diminish or lessen something

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

(transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something

To abate; to withdraw.

Anagrams

• Bartee, beater, berate, betear, erbate

Source: Wiktionary


Re*bate", v. t. Etym: [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. Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.

Re*bate", v. i.

Definition: To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.

Re*bate", n.

1. Diminution.

2. (Com.)

Definition: Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.

Re*bate", n. Etym: [See Rabbet.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: 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. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.]

Definition: A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] Elmes.

Re*bate", v. t.

Definition: To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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