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Definition of Rebate
1. Noun. A refund of some fraction of the amount paid.
2. Verb. Give a reduction in the price during a sale. "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"
3. Noun. A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together.
4. Verb. Cut a rebate in (timber or stone).
5. Verb. Join with a rebate. "Rebate the pieces of timber and stone"
Definition of Rebate
1. v. t. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
2. v. i. To abate; to withdraw.
3. n. Diminution.
4. n. A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
5. v. t. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet,
Definition of Rebate
1. to deduct or return from a payment or bill [v -BATED, -BATING, -BATES]
Medical Definition of Rebate
1. 1. A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet. 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. [Perhaps a different word] A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. See: Rabbet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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