Standard Lemma guide

rebate

noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • US: /ˈɹiːbeɪt/
  • US: /ɹəˈbeɪt/
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  • rhymes with -eɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY1 B EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The return of part of an amount already paid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

verb

Meaning 8

To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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9

verb

Meaning 9

To diminish or lessen something

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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10

verb

Meaning 10

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11

verb

Meaning 11

To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rabbet

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To abate; to withdraw.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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13

verb

Meaning 13

Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate2.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle

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14

noun

Meaning 14

a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rabbet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: groove, channel

15

noun

Meaning 15

a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discount

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: refund

Narrower terms: rent-rebate

16

verb

Meaning 16

join with a rebate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rebate the pieces of timber and stone

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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Broader terms: join, bring together

17

verb

Meaning 17

cut a rebate in (timber or stone)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: cut

Narrower terms: rusticate

18

verb

Meaning 18

give a reduction in the price during a sale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The store is rebating refrigerators this week

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discount

History

Etymology

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: отстъпка (otstǎpka) — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Esperanto: rabato — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Finnish: hinnanalennus — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • French: rabais — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • German: Ermäßigung — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • German: Rabatt — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Indonesian: rabat — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Malay: rebat — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rabatt — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Polish: zwrot części ceny produktu — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Portuguese: desconto — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Portuguese: abatimento — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Russian: ски́дка (skídka) — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Russian: усту́пка (ustúpka) — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Slovene: popust — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Spanish: abaratamiento — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Swedish: avdrag — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Turkish: indirim — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Ottoman Turkish: اكرام (ikram) — A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement
  • Finnish: hyvitys — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Finnish: palautus — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • French: remise — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • German: Rückzahlung — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • German: Rückvergütung — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Māori: monihoki — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Polish: zwrot części ceny produktu — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Russian: возвра́т ча́сти платежа́ (vozvrát části platežá) — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Slovene: povračilo — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Spanish: reembolso — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Spanish: devolución — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Spanish: reintegro — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Spanish: desgravación — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Swedish: avdrag — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Turkish: para iadesi — The return of part of an amount already paid
  • Bulgarian: отстъпвам (otstǎpvam) — To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  • Bulgarian: правя отстъпка (pravja otstǎpka) — To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  • Esperanto: rabati — To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  • Polish: zwracać nadpłatę — To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  • Polish: zwrócić nadpłatę — To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیرمق (kırmak) — To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
  • Bulgarian: отслабвам (otslabvam) — To diminish or lessen something
  • Finnish: vähentää — To diminish or lessen something
  • Finnish: heikentää — To diminish or lessen something
  • Polish: zmniejszać — To diminish or lessen something
  • Polish: zmniejszyć — To diminish or lessen something
  • Albanian: vetulloj — To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
  • Polish: wycinać wręg — To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
  • Polish: wyciąć wręg — To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something