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.