rebate
IPA: rˈibeɪt
noun
- A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- The return of part of an amount already paid.
- (photography) The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
- A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
- A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
- An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
- A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
verb
- (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
- (transitive) To diminish or lessen something
- To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
- (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
- To abate; to withdraw.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².
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