Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rebate
2 senses of rebate
Sense 1
rebate, discount -- (a refund of some fraction of the amount paid)
=> refund -- (money returned to a payer)
Sense 2
rabbet, rebate -- (a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together)
=> groove, channel -- (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rebate
3 senses of rebate
Sense 1
rebate -- (give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week")
=> discount -- (give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes")
Sense 2
rebate -- (cut a rebate in (timber or stone))
=> cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")
Sense 3
rebate -- (join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone")
=> join, bring together -- (cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together")