a refund of some fraction of the amount paid, A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement, a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together, verb_ give a reduction in the price during a sale, join with a rebate, cut a rebate in (timber or stone), transitive verb_ To cut a rebate in. See rabbet, v, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot, To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties, intransitive verb_ obsolete To abate; to withdraw