rebatement

[ ri-beyt-muhnt ]

noun

, Heraldry.

1. abatement ( def 5 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of rebatement¹

First recorded in 1555–65; rebate ¹ + -ment

Example Sentences

Although it is difficult to estimate these with accuracy, a certain rebatement must always be made on this count in computing results.

From Project Gutenberg

When this is the English termination of a noun derived from a root not ending in -MENT, it becomes O, as:—Embarrass = embarasi, embarrassment = embaraso, rebate = rabati, rebatement = rabato.

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Being decently and orderlye pullished, with a requisite rebatement, Lataster gule thore orbicle, Astragals or Neptrules, with a turned down Syme at the foote of the base, and turned vp aloft with writhin trachils and denticles, agreeable and fit to the due proportion of so large a substance, in length 12. paces, in breadth fiue, and in heigth three, the superficiall and outward part, whereof was hewen in forme of a hemicycle.

From Project Gutenberg

That act provides for the rebatement of taxes on distilled spirits destroyed by fire, except in cases where the owners of such spirits may be indemnified against tax by a valid claim of insurance.

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Discount -- N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance; qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio†, percentage; rebate, rebatement†; backwardation, contango†; salvage; tare and tret†. sale, bargain; half price; price war. wholesale, wholesale price; dealer's price; trade price. coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon; store coupon, manufacturer's coupon; double coupon discount, triple coupon discount.

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