Found 2 items, similar to Rebated.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rebate
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”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rebate
Rebate
\Re*bate"\, v. i.
To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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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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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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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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Rebate
\Re*bate"\, v. t.
To cut a rebate in. See
Rabbet, v.
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