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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. "But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge."

To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.

To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting of prices.

Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.

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Etymology of 'Rebate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rebate" Quotes from Famous Books

... let me here lie fix'd, [Kneels. And never rise, till I am cold and pale As thou, fair Saint, art now—But sure She cou'd not die;—that noble generous Heart, That arm'd with Love and Honour, did rebate All the fierce Sieges of my amorous Flame, Might sure defend it self against those Wounds Given by a Woman's Hand,—or rather 'twas a Devil's. [Rises. —What dost thou merit for this Treachery? Thou vilest of thy Sex— But thou'rt a thing I have miscall'd a Mother, And therefore will not touch ...

— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. II • Aphra Behn

... not go to the agricultural producer of sugar, but would inure to the American sugar refiners. In my judgment provision can and should be made which will guarantee us against this possibility, without having recourse to a measure of doubtful policy, such as a bounty in the form of a rebate. ...

— Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement • Theodore Roosevelt

... my watch below. I came off duty at eight o'clock, and at midnight I go on deck to stay till four to-morrow morning. Wada shakes his head and says that the Blackwood Company should rebate us on the first-class passage paid in advance. We are working our ...

— The Mutiny of the Elsinore • Jack London

... from our watring place we began to seethe our meat in salt water, and to rebate our allowance of drinke, to make it indure the longer: and so concluded to set our course thence, for ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of - The English Nation, Vol. 11 • Richard Hakluyt

Words linked to "Rebate" : bring together, rent-rebate, refund, join, cut