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REBATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

Synonyms:

rabbet; rebate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rebate" is a kind of...):

channel; groove (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))

Derivation:

rebate (join with a rebate)

rebate (cut a rebate in (timber or stone))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A refund of some fraction of the amount paid

Synonyms:

discount; rebate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("rebate" is a kind of...):

refund (money returned to a payer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebate"):

rent-rebate (a rebate on rent given by a local government authority)

Derivation:

rebate (give a reduction in the price during a sale)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Join with a rebate

Example:

rebate the pieces of timber and stone

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rebate" is one way to...):

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rebate (a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut a rebate in (timber or stone)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rebate" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rebate"):

rusticate (give (stone) a rustic look)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rebate (a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give a reduction in the price during a sale

Example:

The store is rebating refrigerators this week

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "rebate" is one way to...):

discount (give a reduction in price on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rebate (a refund of some fraction of the amount paid)

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