Rebate Meaning
/ˈɹiːbeɪt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
nounThe return of part of an amount already paid.
Sentence Examples
He gave me a ten thousand yen rebate.
My cat ate a part of the rebate check.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Customers get a $20 ____ when they buy the new washing machine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government offered a tax ____ to homeowners who installed solar panels on their properties.
Word Origin & History
From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For your existing windows, the glazing rebates will also have to be deepened to provide the extra gap."
— 2014 September 11, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: The dangers of abestos roofs [print version: Where can I find help – at the double?, 6 September 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):
"But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge."
— c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
"Then near the corslet, at the monarch’s heart,
With all his strength, the youth directs his dart:
But the broad belt, with plates of silver bound,
The point rebated, and repell’d the wound."
— 1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book XI:
"he began a little to rebate from certain points of popery"
— 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
"The ſecunde is rebate youre hawke: to yowre fyſt, ⁊ thatt is whan yowre hawke batith, the leeſt meuyng that ye can make with yowre fyſt ſhe will rebate ayen vppon yowre fyſt[.]"
— 1486, Juliana Berners, Book of Saint Albans:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Customers get a $20 ____ when they buy the new washing machine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government offered a tax ____ to homeowners who installed solar panels on their properties.