मध्य अंग्रेजी और एंग्लो-फ्रेंच rabattre या rebatre से, जिसका अर्थ पीछे मारना, नीचे करना या घटाना था, re- और abatre से बना।
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Maple Kiwi
Sep 25
Tiny grammar thing I see learners do: you claim a rebate, get a rebate, qualify for a rebate. You dont usually "buy a rebate"
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Scarlet Robin
Sep 24
Spanish brain warning: rebaja is a sale markdown, reembolso is refund. I keep wanting rebate to mean rebaja and it is only sometimes close
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Fond Panther
Sep 17
dont assume a rebate check is a bank check. some stores mean a paper barcode you can only spend back in that store
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Rustic Sparrow
Sep 12
In US taxes I hear refund for the normal annual thing. rebate feels more like a special credit, stimulus payment, property-tax program, that sort of bucket
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Teal Newt
Sep 8
the joinery meaning threw me so hard. I came for money back and suddenly there was a window frame
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Fleet Caribou
Sep 7
Woodworking search tip: if you are in the US and search for a rebate bit, half the useful results may be hiding under rabbet bit. In the UK it goes the other way round, rebate plane, rebate joint, rebated frame.
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Breezy Chipmunk
Sep 7
"instant rebate" is the confusing label, because at the till it behaves like a discount. marketing departments love making the clean words dirty
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Snowy Kiwi
Sep 3
In supplier contracts this can be more specific than an ordinary discount. A wholesaler might pay list price all quarter, hit a volume target, then get a 3 percent rebate later. The invoice price didnt change, the later credit did.
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Frosty Koala
Sep 2
I would never say I rebated the laptop. rebated the fee maybe, but even then it sounds like accounting language
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Curious Parrot
Aug 31
For UK tax stuff, rebate is not a weird old word. HMRC pages use refund, repayment and rebate for money back after too much tax, so "claim a tax rebate" sounds normal here. The sketchy bit is when some company takes a fee to claim it for you.
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Scarlet Oriole
Aug 31
rebate = coupon with homework, basically
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Northern Donkey
Aug 26
US shopping tip: if the ad says $399 after rebate, you normally still pay the bigger price at checkout and do paperwork after. Sometimes it comes back as a prepaid card or store credit, not nice clean cash in your hand.
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Lucky Turtle
Aug 30
yep, and that tiny mail-in form is exactly where people mess it up lol