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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rebate \Re*bate"\, v. t.
     To cut a rebate in. See {Rabbet}, v.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Rebate \Re*bate"\, v. i.
     To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rebate \Re*bate"\, n.
     1. Diminution.
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     2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for
        immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
        --Bouvier.
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     3. 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rebate \Re*bate"\, n. [See {Rabbet}.]
     1. (Arch.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut
        in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See {Rabbet}.
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     2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to
        beat out mortar. --Elmes.
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     3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used
        for dressing and polishing wood. --Elmes.
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     4. [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard freestone used
        in making pavements. [R.] --Elmes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rebate \Re*bate"\ (r[-e]*b[=a]t"), 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.
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              But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. --Shak.
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     2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due,
        or customs duties. --Blount.
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     3. To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of
        discounting of prices.
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     {Rebated cross}, a cross which has the extremities of the
        arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rebate
       n 1: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid [syn: {discount}]
       2: a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn:
          {rabbet}]
       v 1: give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is
            rebating refrigerators this week"
       2: cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
       3: join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "rebate":
     abate, abatement, agio, allow, allowance, bank discount, bate,
     breakage, bribe, cash discount, chain discount, charge off,
     charge-off, commission, concession, cut, deduct, deduction,
     depreciate, depreciation, diminish, discount, drain, drawback,
     graft, kick back, kickback, make allowance, mark down, payola,
     penalty, penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction,
     price-cut, rake-off, rebatement, reduce, reduction, refund, repay,
     repayment, rollback, salvage, setoff, subtraction, take a premium,
     take off, taper off, tare, time discount, trade discount, tret,
     underselling, write off, write-off
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  REBATE, mer. law. Discount; the abatement of interest in consequence of 
  prompt payment. Merch. Dict. h.t. 
  
  

















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