rebate
1 Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to allow as a discount.
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to deduct (a certain amount), as from a total.
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to return (part of an original payment).
He rebated five dollars to me.
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to provide a rebate for (merchandise) after purchase.
The manufacturer is rebating this air conditioner.
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to blunt (an edged or pointed weapon).
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to cover the edge or point of (an edged or pointed weapon) in order to make it incapable of cutting or piercing.
verb (used without object)
noun
noun
noun
verb
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to deduct (a part) of a payment from (the total)
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archaic to reduce or diminish (something or the effectiveness of something)
Other Word Forms
- rebatable adjective
- rebateable adjective
- rebater noun
Etymology
Origin of rebate
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English rebaten (verb), from Old French rabatre “to beat, put down,” from re- re- + (a)batre “to beat” ( abate )
Example Sentences
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Auditors determined he and another employee applied Menards rebates earned on a state purchasing card to personal purchases.
The increase in electricity costs over the year is mostly related to the end of government rebates that had been offsetting surging inflation numbers, the data showed.
Drug companies sell most of their medicines through a web of middlemen—wholesalers, pharmacy-benefit managers, and insurers—that use inflated list prices and rebate schemes.
Falling EU chemicals capacity will constrain supply, while China’s move to cut tax rebates for the country’s chemicals sector will encourage EU exports, they say.
The pilot program differed from past state rebates and tax credits for electric cars in that applicants didn’t have to first purchase an e-bike to get the incentive.
From Los Angeles Times
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