Word Meaning

rebate definition and meaning

v. t. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
v. t. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
v. i. To abate; to withdraw.
n. Diminution.
n. Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
n. A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
n. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
n. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
n. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
v. t. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Crossword clues for rebate

- Allow as a discount
- Deduction or discount
- Deduction, discount
- Discount
- Money-back offer
- Partial refund
- Partial refund to one who has paid too much
- peter out
- Take away