Words Containing Rebate
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Definition of 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.
- v. t. - To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest
due, or customs duties.
- v. i. - To abate; to withdraw.
- n. - Diminution.
- n. - Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for
immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
- n. - A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the
corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
- n. - A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to
beat out mortar.
- n. - An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used
for dressing and polishing wood.
- n. - A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
- v. t. - To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.