I. ˈrē-ˌbāt, ri-ˈ verb
( re·bat·ed ; re·bat·ing )
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rebatre, rabatre to beat back, deduct, from re- + abatre to strike down, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + batre to beat, from Latin battuere
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. : to reduce the force or activity of : diminish
2. : to reduce the sharpness of : blunt
3.
a. : to make a rebate of
b. : to give a rebate to
intransitive verb
: to give rebates
• re·bat·er noun
II. ˈrē-ˌbāt noun
Date: 1656
: a return of a part of a payment
III. ˈra-bət, ˈrē-ˌbāt
chiefly British variant of rabbet