Definition of "rebated" [rebated]

• Simple past tense and past participle of rebate. (verb)

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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."
• "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."
• "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."