Rebate(n.) Diminution.
Rebate(n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
Rebate(n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
Rebate(n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
Rebate(n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
Rebate(n.) A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
Rebate(v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.
Rebate(v. t.) To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
Rebate(v. t.) To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
Rebate(v. t.) To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.
Rebatement(n.) Same as 3d Rebate.
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