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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of rebate" class="word__name--TTbAA">rebate<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>late 14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">rebaten</span>, "to reduce, diminish;" early 15c., "to deduct, subtract," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">rebatre</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">rabatre</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">rabattre</span> "beat down, drive back," also "deduct," from <span class="foreign notranslate">re-</span>, "back," or perhaps "repeatedly" (see <a href="/word/re-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of re- " class="crossreference notranslate">re-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">abattre</span> "beat down" (see <a href="/word/abate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of abate " class="crossreference notranslate">abate</a>).</p> <p>Original senses now are obsolete. The meaning "to pay back (a sum) as a rebate" is from 1957 and might be from <a href="/word/rebate#etymonline_v_7352" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of rebate " class="crossreference notranslate">rebate</a> (v.). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Rebated</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">rebating</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:late%2014c.">late 14c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_43909" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of rebate" class="word__name--TTbAA">rebate<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1650s, "an allowance by way of discount, deduction from a sum of money to be paid," from <a href="/word/rebate#etymonline_v_7352" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of rebate " class="crossreference notranslate">rebate</a> (v.). By 1882 as "a repayment, money paid back."</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1650s">1650s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to rebate">Entries linking to <i>rebate</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of abate" href="/word/abate#etymonline_v_17">abate<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1300, <span class="foreign notranslate">abaten</span>, "put an end to" (transitive); early 14c., "to grow less, diminish in power or influence" (intransitive); from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">abatre</span> "beat down, cast down, strike down; fell, destroy; abolish; reduce, lower" (Modern French <span class="foreign notranslate">abattre</span>), from Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*abbatere</span>, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ad</span> "to" (see <a href="/word/ad-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ad- " class="crossreference notranslate">ad-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">battuere</span> "to beat" (see <a href="/word/batter#etymonline_v_5327" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of batter " class="crossreference notranslate">batter</a> (v.)). The French literal sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in <a href="/word/abatis" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of abatis " class="crossreference notranslate">abatis</a> and <a href="/word/abattoir" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of abattoir " class="crossreference notranslate">abattoir</a>. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Abated</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">abating</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of rabbet" href="/word/rabbet#etymonline_v_3246">rabbet<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"rectangular groove or channel cut out of the edge of a board or piece of stone so that it will join by overlapping with the next piece, similarly cut," late 14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">rabet</span>, from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">rabat</span> "a recess in a wall, a lower section," literally "a beating down or back," a back-formation from <span class="foreign notranslate">rabattre</span> "to beat down, beat back" (see <a href="/word/rebate#etymonline_v_7352" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of rebate " class="crossreference notranslate">rebate</a> (v.); the noun is a doublet of this word).</p> <p>The verb, meaning "to groove or fit (boards, etc.) by cutting rabbets" is attested from mid-15c. (implied in <span class="foreign notranslate">rabatted</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">rabetynge</span>); Middle English also had <span class="foreign notranslate">rabet</span> "joiner's plane, rabbet-plane" (mid-15c., from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">rabot</span>).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of rally" href="/word/rally"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">rally</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of re-" href="/word/re-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">re-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/rebate/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->4<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of rebate">Trends of <i>rebate</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of rally" href="/word/rally"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">rally<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"bring together or into order again by urgent effort," c. 1600, from French rallier, from Old French ralier "reassemble, unite again," from re- "again" (see re-) + alier "unite" (see ally (v.)). In Old French (and Italian), re- often appeared as ra- by confusion with the true ra-</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of discount" href="/word/discount"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">discount<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1620s, "abatement" (a sense now obsolete), alteration of French descompte (16c., Modern French décompte), from Medieval Latin discomputus (source of Italian disconto), from discomputare, from dis- (see dis-) + computare "to count" (see compute). 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The English word was given a broader, figurative sense by 1530s: "that by which something passes or is transmitted"</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of refund" href="/word/refund"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">refund<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">early 15c., refounden, refunden, "to pass on, transmit;" also "to return" (earlier "to pour back," late 14c.); from Old French refunder, refounder, refondre "restore" and directly from Latin refundere "give back, restore, return," literally "pour back, flow back," from re- "back"</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of real" href="/word/real"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">real<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">early 14c., "actually existing, having physical existence (not imaginary);" mid-15c., "relating to things" (especially property), from Old French reel "real, actual," from Late Latin realis "actual," in Medieval Latin "belonging to the thing itself," from Latin res "property, goo</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of copacetic" href="/word/copacetic"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">copacetic<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"fine, excellent, going well," 1919, but it may have origins in 19c. U.S. Southern Black speech. Origin unknown; suspects include Latin, Yiddish (Hebrew kol b'seder), Italian, Louisiana French (coupe-sétique), and Native American. 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