Rebate

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

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.

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

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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