Rebate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

rebate
    n 1: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid [syn:
         {rebate}, {discount}]
    2: a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn:
       {rabbet}, {rebate}]
    v 1: give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is
         rebating refrigerators this week"
    2: cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
    3: join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rebate \Re*bate"\, v. t.
   To cut a rebate in. See {Rabbet}, v.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rebate \Re*bate"\, v. i.
   To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rebate \Re*bate"\, n.
   1. Diminution.
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   2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for
      immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
      --Bouvier.
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   3. A portion of a sum paid, returned to the purchaser, as a
      method of discounting. The rebate is sometimes returned by
      the manufacturer, after the full price is paid to the
      retailer by the purchaser.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rebate \Re*bate"\, n. [See {Rabbet}.]
   1. (Arch.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut
      in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See {Rabbet}.
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   2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to
      beat out mortar. --Elmes.
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   3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used
      for dressing and polishing wood. --Elmes.
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   4. [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard freestone used
      in making pavements. [R.] --Elmes.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rebate \Re*bate"\ (r[-e]*b[=a]t"), 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.
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            But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. --Shak.
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   2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due,
      or customs duties. --Blount.
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   3. To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of
      discounting of prices.
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   {Rebated cross}, a cross which has the extremities of the
      arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

REBATE, mer. law. Discount; the abatement of interest in consequence of 
prompt payment. Merch. Dict. h.t.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "rebate":
      abate, abatement, agio, allow, allowance, bank discount, bate,
      breakage, bribe, cash discount, chain discount, charge off,
      charge-off, commission, concession, cut, deduct, deduction,
      depreciate, depreciation, diminish, discount, drain, drawback,
      graft, kick back, kickback, make allowance, mark down, payola,
      penalty, penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction,
      price-cut, rake-off, rebatement, reduce, reduction, refund, repay,
      repayment, rollback, salvage, setoff, subtraction, take a premium,
      take off, taper off, tare, time discount, trade discount, tret,
      underselling, write off, write-off