# rebate

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹiːbeɪt/ · frequency rank #19,434

## Definitions
1. A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
2. The return of part of an amount already paid.
3. The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
4. A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
5. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
6. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
7. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

## Etymology
From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

## Easily confused with
- **rebut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-rebut)
- **remote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-remote)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-relate)
- **remake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-remake)
- **rotate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-rotate)
- **recite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-recite)
- **resale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-resale)
- **retake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-retake)
- **rename** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-rename)
- **refute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-refute)
- **rebuke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-rebuke)
- **remade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-remade)
- **Renata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-renata)
- **repute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-repute)
- **related** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-related)
- **rate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rate-vs-rebate)
- **Reade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-rebate)
- **rabat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabat-vs-rebate)
- **rebar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebar-vs-rebate)

## Common misspellings (8)
`erbate`, `rbeate`, `reabte`, `rebaet`, `rebatte`, `rebbate`, `rebtae`, `rrebate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rebate