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.).
雙語例句
1. Buyers are offered a cash rebate.
購買者享受現(xiàn)金折扣。
來自《權(quán)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(lián)網(wǎng)
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。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.