Rebate \Re*bate"\, v. i. To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.]

--Foxe.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rebate \Re*bate"\, n.

1. Diminution.

2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. --Bouvier.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rebate \Re*bate"\, n. [See Rabbet.]

1. (Arch.) A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.

2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. --Elmes.

3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. --Elmes.

4. [Perhaps a different word.]

A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.]

--Elmes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rebate \Re*bate"\, v. t. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rebate \Re*bate"\, v. t. [F. rebattre to beat again; pref re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.]

1. 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. --Shak.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)