Rebate in English dictionary

  • rebate

    Meanings and definitions of "Rebate"

    • A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet
    • (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
    • (transitive) To diminish or lessen something
    • (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
    • noun
      A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement.
    • noun
      The return of part of an amount already paid.
    • noun
      (photography)
      The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
    • noun
      A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
    • noun
      A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
    • noun
      An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
    • noun
      A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To diminish or lessen something
    • verb
      To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
    • verb
      To abate; to withdraw.
    • A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
    • The return of part of an amount already paid
    • noun
      a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
    • noun
      a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
    • verb
      cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
    • verb
      give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"
    • verb
      join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"

    Synonyms of "Rebate" in English dictionary

    rabbet, bring together, groove are the top synonyms of "Rebate" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Rebate

    • rebate ( plural  rebates)
    • rebate ( third-person singular simple present rebates, present participle rebating, simple past and past participle rebated)
    • rebate (plural rebates)
    • rebate (third-person singular simple present rebates, present participle rebating, simple past and past participle rebated)
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