A rebate is an amount of money which is paid to you when you have paid more tax, rent, or rates than you needed to.
...a tax rebate.
Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.
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Synonyms: refund, discount, reduction, bonus More Synonyms of rebate
rebate in British English1
noun (ˈriːbeɪt)
1.
a refund of a fraction of the amount payable or paid, as for goods purchased in quantity; discount
verb (rɪˈbeɪt)(transitive)
2.
to deduct (a part of) a payment from (the total)
3. archaic
to reduce or diminish (something or the effectiveness of something)
Derived forms
rebatable (reˈbatable) or rebateable (reˈbateable)
adjective
rebater (ˈrebater)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French rabattre to beat down, hence reduce, deduct, from re- + abatre to put down; see abate
rebate in British English2
(ˈriːbeɪt, ˈræbɪt)
noun, verb
another word for rabbet
rebate in American English1
(ˈriˌbeɪt; also, for v., rɪˈbeɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈreˌbated or ˈreˌbating
1.
a.
to give back (part of an amount paid)
b.
to make a deduction from (a bill)
c.
to give a rebate to
2. Rare
to reduce; lessen
3. Archaic
to make dull; blunt
verb intransitive
4.
to give rebates
noun
5.
a return of part of an amount paid, as for goods or services, serving as a reduction or discount
Word origin
ME rebaten < OFr rabattre < re-, re- + abattre: see abate
rebate in American English2
(ˈriˌbeɪt; ˈræbɪt)
noun, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈreˌbated or ˈreˌbating
var. of
rabbet
rebate in Insurance
(ribeɪt)
Word forms: (regular plural) rebates
noun
(Insurance: General)
A rebate is an amount of money that is returned to you from an insurer's profits, or when you have paid too high premiums.
A mutual insurance company has no stock, and any operating profit is paid to theirinsureds in the form of a premium rebate.
If your losses stay under certain thresholds after a predetermined period, you receivea premium rebate from the insurer's profit after the predetermined date.
A rebate is an amount of money that is returned to you from an insurer's profits, or whenyou have paid too high premiums.
Examples of 'rebate' in a sentence
rebate
They were commenting on the Swede's injuries with the indifference of accountants discussing tax rebate.
Mark Burnell THE RHYTHM SECTION (2003)
In other languages
rebate
British English: rebate /ˈriːbeɪt/ NOUN
A rebate is an amount of money which is paid to you when you have paid more tax, rent, or rates than you needed to.
American English: rebate
Arabic: حَسْم
Brazilian Portuguese: abatimento
Chinese: 回扣
Croatian: rabat
Czech: přeplatek vrácený
Danish: godtgørelse
Dutch: terugbetaling
European Spanish: reembolso
Finnish: alennus
French: rabais
German: Preisnachlass
Greek: επιστροφή παρακρατηθέντος ποσού
Italian: rimborso
Japanese: リベート
Korean: 환불
Norwegian: rabatt
Polish: rabat
European Portuguese: desconto
Romanian: rambursare
Russian: скидка
Latin American Spanish: reembolso
Swedish: rabatt nedsatt pris
Thai: เงินที่ต้องจ่ายคืนมา
Turkish: para iadesi
Ukrainian: знижка
Vietnamese: tiền hoàn lại
Chinese translation of 'rebate'
rebate
(ˈriːbeɪt)
n(c)
部分退款 (bùfen tuìkuǎn)
(noun)
Definition
a refund or discount
a tax rebate
Synonyms
refund
They plan to demand a refund.
discount
You often get a discount on discontinued goods.
reduction
Reductions of 10-15 per cent are common on these package holidays.
bonus
allowance
those earning less than the basic tax allowance
deduction
your gross income, before tax and insurance deductions
Additional synonyms
in the sense of allowance
those earning less than the basic tax allowance
Synonyms
concession,
discount,
reduction,
repayment,
deduction,
rebate
in the sense of deduction
Definition
something that is deducted
your gross income, before tax and insurance deductions
Synonyms
discount,
reduction,
cut,
concession,
allowance,
decrease,
rebate,
diminution
in the sense of discount
Definition
a deduction from the full amount of a price
You often get a discount on discontinued goods.
Synonyms
deduction,
cut,
reduction,
concession,
allowance,
rebate,
cut price,
lower price,
marked-down price
Synonyms of 'rebate'
rebate
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of reduction
Definition
the amount by which something is reduced
Reductions of 10-15 per cent are common on these package holidays.