rabato

See also: Rabato

English

Alternative forms

• rebato

Etymology

French rabat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈbɑːtəʊ/

Noun

rabato (plural rabatos or rabatoes)

1. Stiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the ruff.
   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

     Margaret: Troth, I think your other rabato were better.
     Hero: No, pray thee, good Meg, I'll wear this.
     Margaret: By my troth's not so good; and I warrant your cousin will say so.

Anagrams

• Tabora, abator, robata

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Rabatt and Italian rabatto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raˈbato]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ra‧ba‧to

Noun

rabato (accusative singular rabaton, plural rabatoj, accusative plural rabatojn)

1. discount (reduction in price)