Rebate

1. (v. t.) To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
2. (v. t.) To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
3. (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.
4. (n.) Diminution.
5. (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
6. (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
7. (n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
8. (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
9. (n.) A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
10. (v. t.) To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.