rebate

remboursement

Argent qui vous est rendu après que vous avez déjà payé quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Money returned to you after you have already paid for something.

• I received a tax rebate.
• The company sent our rebate last week.
• Did you claim the rebate after buying the fridge?

Comment l'utiliser : rebate on something (You can claim a rebate on the installation cost.)

Synonymes : partial refund, refund

Expressions courantes : tax rebate, cash rebate, claim a rebate

remise, rabais

Somme retirée du prix ou du montant qu’il faudrait normalement payer.

En anglais simple : An amount taken off the price or payment you would otherwise have to pay.

• We received a rebate on the price.
• The supplier deducted the rebate from our bill.
• Large orders qualify for a small rebate.

Comment l'utiliser : rebate on something (The supplier offered a rebate on large orders.)

Synonymes : discount, deduction, reduction

Expressions courantes : price rebate, rebate on something, offer a rebate

feuillure

Entaille rectangulaire le long du bord du bois ou d’un autre matériau, permettant d’assembler des pièces.

En anglais simple : A rectangular cut along the edge of wood or another material, used to fit pieces together.

• Cut a rebate along this edge.
• The glass fits into the frame’s rebate.
• The carpenter checked both rebates before joining the boards.

Synonymes : rabbet

Expressions courantes : cut a rebate, rebate joint, window frame rebate

pilon à mortier

Bloc de bois fixé à un long manche, servant à battre le mortier de construction.

En anglais simple : A wooden block attached to a long handle, used for beating mortar.

• The worker lifted the rebate.
• He used a rebate to beat the mortar.
• The old rebate had a long wooden handle.

Synonymes : mortar beater

Expressions courantes : wooden rebate, rebate handle

rembourser, déduire

Retirer une somme d’une facture ou rendre une partie d’un paiement.

En anglais simple : To take an amount off a bill or return part of a payment.

• The company will rebate the fee.
• They rebated part of the payment to us.
• The seller agreed to rebate ten percent of the price.

Comment l'utiliser : rebate something to someone (The company rebated the delivery charge to us.)

Synonymes : refund, deduct

Expressions courantes : rebate the cost, rebate part of something, rebate someone’s fees

diminuer, atténuer

Rendre quelque chose plus petit, plus faible ou moins grave.

En anglais simple : To make something smaller, weaker, or less serious.

• Time may rebate his anger.
• The news rebated her fear.
• Nothing could rebate the force of his ambition.

Synonymes : reduce, lessen, diminish

Contraires : increase

Expressions courantes : rebate someone’s anger, rebate the force

émousser

Rendre une pointe ou un tranchant moins aigu, notamment sur une arme utilisée à l’entraînement.

En anglais simple : To make a sharp point or edge blunt, especially on a weapon used for practice.

• They rebated the lance before practice.
• The smith will rebate the sharp point.
• Both weapons had been rebated for the tournament.

Synonymes : blunt, dull

Contraires : sharpen

Expressions courantes : rebate a lance, rebate the point

feuillurer

Tailler une entaille rectangulaire au bord d’un matériau pour y emboîter une autre pièce.

En anglais simple : To cut a rectangular space along the edge of a material so another piece can fit into it.

• Rebate the edge of this board.
• The carpenter rebated the frame to hold the glass.
• Both pieces must be rebated before assembly.

Synonymes : rabbet

Expressions courantes : rebate an edge, rebate the frame, rebate a board