noun diminution.
2. rebate ·vt to cut a rebate in. ·see rabbet, v.
3. rebate ·noun a kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
4. rebate ·vi to abate; to withdraw.
5. rebate ·noun a piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
6. rebate ·vt to deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
7. rebate ·noun an iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
8. rebate ·noun deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
9. rebate ·noun a rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. ·see rabbet.
10. rebate ·vt to beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.