rebate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
    discount.
  2. noun a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
    rabbet.
  3. verb give a reduction in the price during a sale
    • The store is rebating refrigerators this week
  4. verb cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
  5. verb join with a rebate
    • rebate the pieces of timber and stone

WordNet

Re*bate" transitive verb
Etymology
F. rebattre to beat again; pref re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.
Definitions
  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. 2 (b). To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting.
Re*bate" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To abate; to withdraw. Obs. Foxe.
Re*bate" noun
Definitions
  1. Diminution.
  2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier. 2 (b). 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.
Re*bate" noun
Etymology
See Rabbet.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) 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. Perhaps a different word. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. R. Elmes.
Re*bate" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Webster 1913