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rebate

US/ˈɹiːbeɪt/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #11,883 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: rebates

A rebate is money given back after a purchase. A tax rebate, claim a rebate, offer a rebate.

It differs from a discount in timing: a discount reduces the price at the till and a rebate returns money afterwards, which is why sellers prefer rebates — many buyers never claim them. A tax rebate is a refund of overpayment. Note that the French behind it means to beat down, as does abate.

Definitions of rebate

  1. 1nounrebateMoney given back after a purchase.C1

    “After buying the new fridge, we sent off a form and got a small rebate by post.”

rebate is a refund.

Where it comes from

Old French rabatre means to beat down or reduce, from re plus abatre. Abate comes from the same beating down.

  1. Old French

    rabatre

  2. English, today

    rebate

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Business & Money

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rebate in the wild

  • Like a rebate plane, the shoulder plane's blade extends, therefore cuts, to the full width of the tool.

    Shoulder plane

  • Unlike the rebate plane, the shoulder plane is intended to cut end grain.

    Shoulder plane

  • The rebate plane (British English) or rabbet plane (American English) is a hand plane designed for cutting rebates/rabbets in wood.

    Rebate plane

  • In marketing, a rebate is a form of buying discount and is an amount paid by way of reduction, return, or refund that is paid retrospectively.

    Rebate (marketing)

  • The mail-in rebate (MIR) is the most common.

    Rebate (marketing)

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.