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rebate

/ˈɹiːbeɪt/

rebate noun: a deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.

rebate: a deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement
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Noun

rebate (plural rebates)

  1. A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
  2. The return of part of an amount already paid.
  3. The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
  4. 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.2014 September 11, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: The dangers of abestos roofs [print version: Where can I find help – at the double?, 6 September 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)
  5. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
  6. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
  7. 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)

  1. (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  2. (transitive) To diminish or lessen something
  3. 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.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Then near the corslet, at the monarch’s heart,
      With all his strength, the youth directs his dart:
      But the broad belt, with plates of silver bound,
      The point rebated, and repell’d the wound.1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book XI
  4. (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
    Synonyms:
    rabbet
  5. To abate; to withdraw.
    • he began a little to rebate from certain points of popery1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC
  6. (intransitive) 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[.]1486, Juliana Berners, Book of Saint Albans

rebate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

rebate in Tamil

கழிவு, தள்ளுபடி

rebate in Urdu

گھٹانا, کم کرنا

rebate in Bengali

বাটা, অবহার, হ্রাস করা, কমান

rebate in Malayalam

(partial) refund, repayment, discount
കിഴിവ്, കിഴിവുതുക, റിബേറ്റ്, പണം മടക്കി കൊടുക്കൽ, ഇളവ്, ഡിസ്കണ്ടൗ്
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rebate in Kannada
ಕಳೆತ, ತಳ್ಳುಪಡಿ, ತರಗು, ಸೋಡಿ
rebate in Gujarati
વળતર vaḷtar
rebate in Malay
rebat
rebate in Indonesian
rabat

Synonyms of rebate

Forms of rebate

Noun
pluralrebates
alternative form (archaic)rabate
Verb
third-person singular presentrebates
present participlerebating
past participlerebated
pastrebated

Plural of rebate: rebates

Origin of rebate

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

Words formed from rebate

Phrases with rebate

Words that rhyme with rebate

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Questions about rebate

What does rebate mean?
Rebate means a deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
What is rebate in Tamil?
Rebate in Tamil is கழிவு, தள்ளுபடி. See Rebate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rebate?
Rebate can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce rebate?
Rebate is pronounced /ˈɹiːbeɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of rebate?
The plural of rebate is rebates.

Words near rebate in the dictionary

  1. rebatable
  2. rebatch
  3. rebatched
  4. rebatches
  5. rebatching
  6. rebate
  7. rebate plane
  8. rebate planes
  9. rebated
  10. rebatement
  11. rebatements

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rebate (page history and authors); rebate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); rebate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); વળતર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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