rebate

  • 31rebate — re|bate [ ri,beıt ] noun count an amount of money that is officially given back to someone: a tax/rent rebate …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 32rebate — [15] A rebate is etymologically an amount that has been ‘re abated’. The word, originally a verb, comes from Old French rabattre ‘beat down again’, hence ‘reduce’, a compound formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and abattre ‘beat down’ (source of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 33rebate — noun (C) an amount of money that is paid back to you when you have paid too much tax, rent etc: In the end I managed to claim a tax rebate …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34rebate — 1) A discount offered on the price of a good or service, often one that is paid back to the payer, e.g. a tax rebate is a refund to the taxpayer. 2) A discount allowed on a bill of exchange that is paid before it matures …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 35rebate — 1) A discount offered on the price of a good or service, often one that is paid back to the payer, e. g. a tax rebate is a refund to the taxpayer. 2) A discount allowed on a bill of exchange that is paid before it matures …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 36rebate — noun a 20 percent rebate Syn: refund, partial refund, repayment; discount, deduction, reduction, decrease …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 37rebate — re•bate [[t]ˈri beɪt[/t]] v. [[t]also rɪˈbeɪt[/t]] n. v. bat•ed, bat•ing 1) a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise 2) to allow as a discount 3) to deduct (a certain amount), as from a total 4) to return (part of… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38rebate —    Money that is returned to a buyer because he or she has paid too much, or because of a discount. A secret rebate given by a subcontractor to a general contractor in return for getting a job is illegal because it cheats the person hiring the… …

    Business law dictionary

  • 39rebate — [15] A rebate is etymologically an amount that has been ‘re abated’. The word, originally a verb, comes from Old French rabattre ‘beat down again’, hence ‘reduce’, a compound formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and abattre ‘beat down’ (source of… …

    Word origins

  • 40rebate — полный или частичный возврат денег, внесенных клиентом incomes tax rebate частичный возврат подоходного налога …

    English-Russian travelling dictionary