About The Word Rebate
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Rebate
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What's The Definition Of Rebate?
[n] a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
[n] a refund of some fraction of the amount paid [v] join with a rebate, as of pieces of timber or stone [v] as of timber or stone [v] give a rebate Synonyms | Synonyms for Rebate: cut a rebate in | discount | rabbet Related Terms | Find terms related to Rebate: See Also | bring together | channel | cut | discount | groove | join | refund | rent-rebate | rusticate Rebate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Re*bate"\, v. i. To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Foxe. \Re*bate"\, n. 1. Diminution. 2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. --Bouvier. \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. \Re*bate"\, v. t. To cut a rebate in. See {Rabbet}, v. |
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