rebatern.
/ˈriːbeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈriˌbeɪdər/ A person who or thing which rebates (in various senses of rebate v.1).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > one who or that which mitigates or moderates
slakea1300
mitigativea1398
allayerc1487
slaker?1518
assuager1547
abater1583
mollifier1583
mitigator1586
moderator1589
softener1599
rebater1601
lightener?1611
allay1614
swager1617
mitigation1622
temperer1630
alleviator1665
alleviative1672
sheather1762
soberera1849
buffer1858
charmer1871
suppressant1884
modifier1890
moderant1897
shock-absorber1924
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > discount > [noun] > one who
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1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 41 God in great mercie sent him a cooler, and a rebater: to wit, a pricke in the flesh.
1608 T. Draxe Churches Securitie 47 Herevnto may be referred, (as a great rebater to faith, and a mighty infection, and corruption to good life, and manners,) the publishing, toleration, reading, and affecting of scurrile play bookes.
1733 D. Turner Anc. Physician's Legacy 9 I believe in all your reading, you never met with the Powder of Liquorish..among the Class of Diaphoreticks: nor can you produce a Pharmacopeia, that for a Rebater of Pain, can match it.
1893 Independent (N.Y.) 19 Oct. 32/2 What is to be done with rebaters? There is a law..[in] many of the states providing a penalty for its practice.
1906 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 28 154 This would compel the ‘crooks’, ‘grafters’, ‘rebaters’ and ‘competition crushers’ of the business world..to come out into open view.
1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. e6 Some rebaters restrict the rebate to tours, cruises and charter flights.
2005 USA Today (Nexis) 4 Apr. 4 b Sales were up a modest 1.4% for the industry, and some of the most generous rebaters saw sales decline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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