rebate means A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 75 out of 100.
rebate is pronounced /ˈɹiːbeɪt/.
noun
- A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- The return of part of an amount already paid.
- 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.“For your existing windows, the glazing rebates will also have to be deepened to provide the extra gap.”
- 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.
verb
- To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
- 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.“But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge.”
- To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
- To abate; to withdraw.“he began a little to rebate from certain points of popery”
- Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².“The ſecunde is rebate youre hawke: to yowre fyſt, ⁊ thatt is whan yowre hawke batith, the leeſt meuyng that ye can make with yowre fyſt ſhe will rebate ayen vppon yowre fyſt[.]”