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| re·bate [ r bàyt ] |
noun (plural re·bates) |
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money paid back: money that is paid back, e.g. because somebody has overpaid a tax or is entitled to a refund
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transitive verb (past and past participle re·bat·ed, present participle re·bat·ing, 3rd person present singular re·bates) |
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give rebate to somebody: to give somebody an amount of money as a rebate
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| [15th century. < French rabattre "beat down again" < abattre "beat down" < Latin battuere "beat"] |
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 re·bat·a·ble adjective |
 re·bat·er noun |
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