rebated

[ri-bey-tid]

adjective

Heraldry.

1. cut off or abridged in some way, as a cross potent formed as a swastika.

Other Word Forms

• unrebated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rebated¹

First recorded in 1580–90; rebate ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

That is, unless it turns to a more intelligent policy: a gradually rising tax on carbon, with revenue rebated to the poor.

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“A carbon tax, levied at the source and rebated to lower-income people, has long been supported by most economists including me,” Masters told me.

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But legislative leaders don’t believe the upper-middle class and wealthy — the top 10% of earners — who supplied 81% of the income taxes to be “rebated” deserve to get any of their money back.

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But that would exclude the top 10% of earners who supply 81% of the general fund money to be rebated, according to the latest state figures.

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The truth is that a portion of this excess should be rebated to the taxpayers and, as argued above, the system changed to prevent this largesse from occurring again.

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