rebate

/ˈribeɪt/

/ˈribeɪt/

Other forms: rebates; rebated; rebating

A rebate is a partial refund of the cost of an item. It acts as an incentive to help sell the product. If your new cell phone came with a rebate, you'll get a check in the mail for a certain amount of the cost.

A well-known rebate occurred in 2007 when President George Bush issued tax rebate checks to many people in America, giving back some of what each person paid in taxes. Rebate comes from the Old French word rabattre, meaning "beat down, drive back." Rebate can also be used as a verb that refers to giving a reduction in price during a sale. For example, your internet provider might rebate your bill for three months to keep you as a customer.

Definitions of rebate

1. noun

   a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
   synonyms: discount

   types:

   rent-rebate

   a rebate on rent given by a local government authority

   type of:

   refund

   money returned to a payer
2. verb

   give a reduction in the price during a sale
   “The store is rebating refrigerators this week”

   type of:

   discount

   give a reduction in price on
3. noun

   a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
   synonyms: rabbet

   type of:

   channel, groove

   a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
4. verb

   join with a rebate
   “rebate the pieces of timber and stone”

   type of:

   bring together, join

   cause to become joined or linked
5. verb

   cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
   types:

   rusticate

   give (stone) a rustic look

   type of:

   cut

   separate with or as if with an instrument