Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, cut short: noting any ordinary, especially a cross, characterized by having one or more of its arms too short to reach the edge of the field.
- Blunt.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rebate .
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Examples
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And AFAIK (I am in no wise well-versed in the intricacies of this monstrously large bill -- neither, I suspect, is anyone on Capitol Hill), the subsidies are "rebated" when you file your tax return -- i.e., pay full-price up front, and we'll send ya a check once a year.
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The time the arrestee spends working through the system — time in the police van, in the station, in jail, in court — the expense, the ignominy of being charged, none of those are rebated to the acquitted defendant.
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The oil and coal companies that introduce fossil fuels into the economy should be forced to buy permits, and a majority of the proceeds should be rebated to California citizens to help with higher energy costs.
Mike Sandler: Think Prop 23 Is Bad? So Is Prop 26 Mike Sandler 2010
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The corporate income tax burden averages 27% on the cost of production, which is immediately lowered to 5%, and since the VAT is rebated on exports, gives President Obama's export initiative a real boost.
Sen. Fritz Hollings: Production and Competition: What's the Matter With America? Sen. Fritz Hollings 2010
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The corporate income tax burden averages 27% on the cost of production, which is immediately lowered to 5%, and since the VAT is rebated on exports, gives President Obama's export initiative a real boost.
Sen. Fritz Hollings: Production and Competition: What's the Matter With America? Sen. Fritz Hollings 2010
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Cap and trade is an awful idea, and a fully rebated carbon tax is a very good idea.
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Nixon was talking price control, so big-ticket manufacturers, most notably the auto companies, raised the declared price of their product and then rebated back the effective selling price.
Drug Price Controls, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The time the arrestee spends working through the system — time in the police van, in the station, in jail, in court — the expense, the ignominy of being charged, none of those are rebated to the acquitted defendant.
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To him, the incentive effects would be the same if we levied a 100% tax rate and rebated most of it, had a steeply progressive rate schedule or a a flat rate as long as the dollar amount of the tax was the same at the end of the day.
Kinsley on Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The oil and coal companies that introduce fossil fuels into the economy should be forced to buy permits, and a majority of the proceeds should be rebated to California citizens to help with higher energy costs.
Mike Sandler: Think Prop 23 Is Bad? So Is Prop 26 Mike Sandler 2010
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