Rebate /(rē̇*bāt")/

Re·bate

Rebate

v. t.
  1. 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.
  2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
  3. To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting of prices.

Phrases & Compounds
Rebated cross
a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.

Rebate

v. i.
  1. To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.]

Rebate

n.
  1. Diminution.
  2. Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. (Com.)
  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.

Rebate

n.
  1. A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet. (Arch.)
  2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
  3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
  4. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.]

Rebate

v. t.
  1. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.