• vt. 減少；打折扣
• vi. 退還部分付款，打折扣
• n. 折扣
• n. (Rebate)人名；(西)雷瓦特

來自古法語 rabattre,打下，趕回，來自 re-,向后，abate,減輕，減少。引申詞義減免，折扣， 返還。

rebate

rebate: [15] A rebate is etymologically an amount that has been ‘re-abated’. The word, originally a verb, comes from Old French rabattre ‘beat down again’, hence ‘reduce’, a compound formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and abattre ‘beat down’ (source of English abate [13], and also of abattoir [19], euphemistically a place where animals are ‘beaten down’ or killed). This in turn went back to Vulgar Latin *abbattuere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘completely’ and battuere ‘beat’ (source of English battle, combat, etc).
=> abate, abattoir, battle, combat

rebate (v.)

late 14c., "to reduce;" early 15c., "to deduct, subtract," from Old French rabattre "beat down, drive back," also "deduct," from re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + abattre "beat down" (see abate). Meaning "to pay back (a sum) as a rebate" is from 1957. Related: Rebated; rebating.

rebate (n.)

1650s, from rebate (v.).

1. Buyers are offered a cash rebate.

購買者享受現金折扣。

來自《權威詞典》

2. You can claim a rebate on your tax.

你可以要求退回部分稅款.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Ten dollars rebate and ten dollars cash back.

Rebate和cashback都是在美國很常用到的促銷方式.

來自互聯網

4. It is cheering to see that customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.

想到顧客將享受電費部分退款優惠就叫人心里高興。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.

顧客將從他們的電費退費中得到實惠。

來自辭典例句