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Rebate Beat Ri:Beit N.折扣,回扣 英 N.折扣,回扣(A Return Part

单词 rebate
音标 ['ri:beit]
解释 n.折扣,回扣
红宝书 【英】 n.折扣,回扣(a return of a part of a payment)
【记】 re(重新)+bate(走) →重新走回去的(钱) →回扣;
【同】 参考:abate(减轻)
【例】 The company offered rebates as promotional gimmicks.
字源 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.).
不择手段背单词 n. 折扣, 回扣; v 打折
【记】re反, bate打: 反过来打折
【区】abate(v 减轻)
趣味全助记 【记】源自beat 打,re回 + 打,扣打,往回打,回扣打价

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