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Rebate is defined as to give a discount on something, or give a portion of an amount billed back to the payer.

(verb)

An example of rebate is an appliance store giving a customer $20 back after they've paid $200 for a microwave oven.

The definition of a rebate is a discount given to a customer at the time of purchase, or money sent to a customer after they've paid the full price.

(noun)

An example of a rebate is a 10% discount on a cell phone at the time of purchase.
An example of a rebate is someone paying full price for a cell phone and sending in a form to get 10% of what they paid back.

See rebate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb rebated, rebating

1. to give back (part of an amount paid)
2. to make a deduction from (a bill)
3. to give a rebate to
Rare to reduce; lessen
Archaic to make dull; blunt

Origin: ME rebaten < OFr rabattre < re-, re- + abattre: see abate

intransitive verb

to give rebates

noun

a return of part of an amount paid, as for goods or services, serving as a reduction or discount

Origin: Fr rabat < the v.

noun, transitive verb rebated, rebating

rabbet

See rebate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A deduction from an amount to be paid or a return of part of an amount given in payment.

transitive verb (rēˈbātˌ, rĭ-bātˈ) re·bat·ed, re·bat·ing, re·bates

To deduct or return (an amount) from a payment or bill.
To lessen; diminish.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English rebaten, to deduct

Origin: , from Old French rabattre, rebattre, to reduce, to beat down again

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + abbattre, to beat down; see abate

Related Forms:

reˈbat·er noun

noun & v.

Variant of rabbet.

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