Word
Rebate
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
re-bate
Definition
- 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.
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