Meaning

6 senses
  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

    cut a rebate in (timber or stone)

  5. To abate; to withdraw.

  6. (intransitive)Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He gave me a ten thousand yen rebate.

    ruОн сделал мне скидку 10 тысяч иен. — corvard

  2. My cat ate a part of the rebate check.

  3. Once we get our rebate, this dryer will only cost us half of what we paid.

  4. In America 'rebate' is widely recognized, generally as an incentive where makers give back directly to consumers.

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  5. In the United States the word 'rebate' is widely recognized, generally as an incentive where makers give back directly to consumers.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

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Forms

rebates, rebating, rebated, rebated
Base formrebate · to rebate
3rd person singularrebates
Present participlerebating
Past simplerebated
Past participlerebated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrebate
he, she, itrebates

Past simpleLesson

all personsrebated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rebated
he, she, ithas rebated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rebate

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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