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rebate

noun, verb — 13 senses

rebate

noun

US /ˈɹiːbeɪt/

Etymology From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

7 senses
  1. 1A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
  2. 2The return of part of an amount already paid.
  3. 3The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
  4. 4A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood…
  5. 5A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to…
  6. 6An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used…
  7. 7A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
1

A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.

2

The return of part of an amount already paid.

3

Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography 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.

  • For your existing windows, the glazing rebates will also have to be deepened to provide the extra gap.2014 September 11, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: The dangers of abestos roofs [print version: Where can I find help – at the double?, 6 September 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):
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.

Derived terms
feebate, rebate plane

rebate

verb

Etymology From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

1

To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment

2

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.

  • But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
  • Then near the corslet, at the monarch’s heart, With all his strength, the youth directs his dart: But the broad belt, with plates of silver bound, The point rebated, and repell’d the wound.1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book XI:
4

To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something

5

To abate; to withdraw.

  • he began a little to rebate from certain points of popery1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
6

Falconry, Hobbies, Hunting, Lifestyle Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².

  • The ſecunde is rebate youre hawke: to yowre fyſt, ⁊ thatt is whan yowre hawke batith, the leeſt meuyng that ye can make with yowre fyſt ſhe will rebate ayen vppon yowre fyſt[.]1486, Juliana Berners, Book of Saint Albans:
Derived terms
antirebating, feebate, rebatable

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