rebate
pronunciation
How to pronounce rebate in British English:
UK [ˈriːbeɪt]
How to pronounce rebate in American English:
US [ˈriːbeɪt]
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- Noun:
- a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
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- Verb:
- give a reduction in the price during a sale
- cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
- join with a rebate
Word Origin
- rebate
- rebate: [15] A rebate is etymologically an amount that has been ‘re-abated’. The word, originally a verb, comes from Old French rabattre ‘beat down again’, hence ‘reduce’, a compound formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and abattre ‘beat down’ (source of English abate [13], and also of abattoir [19], euphemistically a place where animals are ‘beaten down’ or killed). This in turn went back to Vulgar Latin *abbattuere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘completely’ and battuere ‘beat’ (source of English battle, combat, etc).=> abate, abattoir, battle, combat
- rebate (v.)
- late 14c., "to reduce;" early 15c., "to deduct, subtract," from Old French rabattre "beat down, drive back," also "deduct," from re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + abattre "beat down" (see abate). Meaning "to pay back (a sum) as a rebate" is from 1957. Related: Rebated; rebating.
- rebate (n.)
- 1650s, from rebate (v.).
Example
- 1. But china doesn 't always give importers a full rebate .
- 2. The rebate means a partial refund for exporters .
- 3. Do I qualify for a rebate and how much can I expect ?
- 4. Government measures to cool economic growth and the removal of an export rebate have hit steel production .
- 5. Whatever the government 's motivation , many chinese exporters say the timing of the rebate cut was disastrous .