rebate

Noun

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.
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

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.
4. (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
5. To abate; to withdraw.
6. (intransitive) Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːbeɪt/

Etymology

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

Synonyms

discount

reduction

abatement

rabbet

deduction

refund

allowance

deduct

reimbursement

reduce

drawback

kickback

career

blunt

ascribe

bevel

damages

bearish

append

cut

curtailment

bear

🐻

hook up

dap

decline

decrease

colligate

collateral

diminishment

attach

annex

cleave

expiation

engraft

chase

atonement

fail

fall

flute

🪈

furrow

gauffer

goffer

gouge

grave

🪦

groove

gutter

ebb

indemnification

indemnity

dull