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Audio Help [n. ree-beyt; v. ree-beyt, ri-beyt] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -bat·ed, -bat·ing.

–noun

1.	a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to allow as a discount.

3.	to deduct (a certain amount), as from a total.

4.	to return (part of an original payment): He rebated five dollars to me.

5.	to provide a rebate for (merchandise) after purchase: The manufacturer is rebating this air conditioner.

6.	to blunt (an edged or pointed weapon).

7.	to cover the edge or point of (an edged or pointed weapon) in order to make it incapable of cutting or piercing.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to allow rebates, esp. as the policy or practice of a company, store, etc.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME rebaten (v.) < OF rabatre to beat, put down, equiv. to re- re- + (a)batre; see abate

]

—Related forms

re·bat·a·ble, re·bate·a·ble, adjective

re·bat·er, noun

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re·bate2

Audio Help [ree-beyt, rab-it] Pronunciation Key

–noun, verb, -bat·ed, -bat·ing.

rabbet.

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rab·bet Audio Help (rāb'ĭt) Pronunciation Key

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n.

A cut or groove along or near the edge of a piece of wood that allows another piece to fit into it to form a joint.
A joint so made.

v. rab·bet·ed also re·bat·ed, rab·bet·ing also re·bat·ing, rab·bets also re·bates

v. tr.

To cut a rabbet in.
To join by a rabbet.

v. intr.
To be joined by a rabbet.

[Middle English rabet, from Old French rabat, recess in a wall, act of beating down, from rabattre, to beat down again; see rebate¹.]

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re·bate¹ Audio Help   (rē'bāt') Pronunciation Key
n.   A deduction from an amount to be paid or a return of part of an amount given in payment.

tr.v.   (rē'bāt', rĭ-bāt') re·bat·ed, re·bat·ing, re·bates

To deduct or return (an amount) from a payment or bill.
To lessen; diminish.

[From Middle English rebaten, to deduct, from Old French rabattre, rebattre, to reduce, to beat down again : re-, re- + abbattre, to beat down; see abate.]

re'bat·er n.

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re·bate² Audio Help (rē'bāt', rāb'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n. & v.
Variant of rabbet.

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rebate (v.)

1427, "to deduct, subtract," from O.Fr. rabattre "beat down, drive back," also "deduct," from re- "repeatedly" + abattre "beat down" (see abate). Meaning "to pay back (a sum) as a rebate" is from 1957. The noun is 1656, from the verb.

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rebate
noun
1.	a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
2.	a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rabbet]
verb
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"

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rebate [ˈriːbeit] noun

a part of a payment, tax etc which is given back to the person paying it

Arabic:	حَسْم، خَصْم
Chinese (Simplified):	回扣，折扣
Chinese (Traditional):	回扣，折扣
Czech:	rabat
Danish:	godtgørelse; nedslag
Dutch:	terugbetaling
Estonian:	hinnaalandus
Finnish:	hyvitys, veronpalautus
French:	remise
German:	die Rückzahlung
Greek:	επιστροφή κρατήσεων ή φόρου
Hungarian:	rabatt
Icelandic:	afsláttur
Indonesian:	rabat
Italian:	rimborso

Japanese:	割り戻し
Korean:	환불, 리베이트
Latvian:	atlaide
Lithuanian:	grąžinamoji išmoka
Norwegian:	refusjon
Polish:	bonifikata
Portuguese (Brazil):	reembolso
Portuguese (Portugal):	desconto
Romanian:	rabat
Russian:	скидка
Slovak:	rabat
Slovenian:	odbitek
Spanish:	devolución, reembolso
Swedish:	rabatt, avdrag
Turkish:	iade

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rebate

The return of part of a payment for a good. Unlike a discount, which is deducted from the price before purchase, a rebate is returned after purchase.

[Chapter:] Business and Economics

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Rebate

1. In a short-sale transaction, the portion of interest or dividends earned by the owner (lender) of shares that are paid to the short seller (borrower) of the shares.

2. In an options transaction, the amount paid to the holder of the option if the option expires worthless.

Investopedia Commentary

1. The lender and borrower usually negotiate the rate at which the short seller will be compensated.

2. The rebate is pre-negotiated and is usually a portion of the premium paid by the option holder.

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Main Entry: re·bate
Pronunciation: 'rE-"bAt
Function: noun
: a refund or deduction of part of a payment, price, or charge —re·bate /'rE-"bAt, ri-'bAt/ verb

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Rebate

Ra*bate"\, v. t. [F. rabattre to beat down; pref. re- + abattre. See Abate, and cf. Rebate, v.] (Falconry) To recover to the fist, as a hawk. [Obs.]

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Rebate

Rab"bet\, n. [See Rabbet v., and cf. Rebate, n.]

1. (Carp.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.

2. Same as Rabbet joint, below.

Rabbet joint (Carp.), a joint formed by fitting together rabbeted boards or timbers: -- called also rabbet.

Rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet. --Moxon.

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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. --Shak.

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.

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Rebate

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

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Rebate

Re*bate"\, n. 1. Diminution.

2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. --Bouvier.

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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.

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Rebate

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

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Rebate

Re*bate"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. rabatement, fr. rabatre to diminish, F. rabatre.] Same as 3d Rebate, v.

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