Rebate

[Re*bate·]

A rebate is a partial refund of the cost of an item. It acts as an incentive to help sell the product. If your new cell phone came with a rebate, you'll get a check in the mail for a certain amount of the cost.

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

Noun
a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

Noun
a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

Verb
join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"

Verb
cut a rebate in (timber or stone)

Verb
give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"

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

v. t.
To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.

v. i.
To abate; to withdraw.

n.
Diminution.

n.
Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.

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. t.
To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Rebate

Re*bate" , v. t. [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.

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.

Rebate

Re*bate", v. i. To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.

Rebate

Re*bate", n. 1. Diminution. 2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.

Rebate

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

Rebate

Re*bate", v. t. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

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

To abate; to withdraw.

Diminution.

A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.

To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

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Usage Examples

You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China.

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