单词 | rebater |
释义 | rebatern. A person who or thing which rebates (in various senses of rebate v.1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > one who or that which mitigates or moderates slakea1300 mitigativea1398 allayerc1487 slaker?1518 assuager1547 abater1583 mollifier1583 mitigator1586 moderator1589 softener1599 rebater1601 lightener?1611 allay1614 swager1617 mitigation1622 temperer1630 alleviator1665 alleviative1672 sheather1762 soberera1849 buffer1858 charmer1871 suppressant1884 modifier1890 moderant1897 shock-absorber1924 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > discount > [noun] > one who rebater1893 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 41 God in great mercie sent him a cooler, and a rebater: to wit, a pricke in the flesh. 1608 T. Draxe Churches Securitie 47 Herevnto may be referred, (as a great rebater to faith, and a mighty infection, and corruption to good life, and manners,) the publishing, toleration, reading, and affecting of scurrile play bookes. 1733 D. Turner Anc. Physician's Legacy 9 I believe in all your reading, you never met with the Powder of Liquorish..among the Class of Diaphoreticks: nor can you produce a Pharmacopeia, that for a Rebater of Pain, can match it. 1893 Independent (N.Y.) 19 Oct. 32/2 What is to be done with rebaters? There is a law..[in] many of the states providing a penalty for its practice. 1906 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 28 154 This would compel the ‘crooks’, ‘grafters’, ‘rebaters’ and ‘competition crushers’ of the business world..to come out into open view. 1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. e6 Some rebaters restrict the rebate to tours, cruises and charter flights. 2005 USA Today (Nexis) 4 Apr. 4 b Sales were up a modest 1.4% for the industry, and some of the most generous rebaters saw sales decline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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