noun
Meaning 1
A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
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noun
A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
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noun
The return of part of an amount already paid.
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noun
The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
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Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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noun
A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
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noun
A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
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An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
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noun
A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
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verb
To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To diminish or lessen something
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
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verb
To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
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Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: rabbet
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verb
To abate; to withdraw.
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verb
Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate2.
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Usage: intransitive
Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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noun
a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rabbet
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Broader terms: groove, channel
noun
a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
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Synonyms: discount
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Broader terms: refund
Narrower terms: rent-rebate
verb
join with a rebate
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Broader terms: join, bring together
verb
cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
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Broader terms: cut
Narrower terms: rusticate
verb
give a reduction in the price during a sale
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Broader terms: discount
History
From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.
Across languages
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.