rebate

英 ['ri?be?t] 美['ribet]

TEM8GRE低頻詞

復(fù)數(shù):?rebates;

rebate 折扣，返還

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) rabattre,打下，趕回，來(lái)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- ‘a(chǎn)gain’ 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.).

3. Ten dollars rebate and ten dollars cash back.: Rebate和cashback都是在美國(guó)很常用到的促銷方式.

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(fèi)部分退款優(yōu)惠就叫人心里高興。

5. Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.: 顧客將從他們的電費(fèi)退費(fèi)中得到實(shí)惠。