A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rebate,) Rebait, -bet, n. [e.m.E. rebate (1656), F. rabat, Rebat(e v.] A deduction (from a sum of money owed); a discount; a repayment. 1550–1 Ayr B. Acc. 112.
Rebait of bred silver, xxxiiij s. ij d. 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 75b.
For rebet of ane off the bedis of cloyth that was nocht sa guid … , xxv frankis 1630 Conv. Burghs III 311.
Factouris … makkis sutch rebaittes as they pleis Ib.
That they mak no rebaittes … bot sutch as they salbe compellit to doe in defalt of the merchand 1650 Aberd. Council Lett. III 177.
The rebet of pladen ocht to be from 105 that is a 105 to be 100 1675 Sheriffhall Coal Accompt 10 July.
Which vncost rebait the product maks
