Definition of rebate

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re·bate ¹    (rbt) KEY  

NOUN:

A deduction from an amount to be paid or a return of part of an amount given in payment.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
re·bat·ed , re·bat·ing , re·bates (rbt, r-bt)

1. To deduct or return (an amount) from a payment or bill.
2. To lessen; diminish.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English rebaten, to deduct, from Old French rabattre, rebattre, to reduce, to beat down again : re-, re- + abbattre, to beat down ; see abate

OTHER FORMS:
rebat·er (Noun)

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