The rebate was just as illegal then as it is at present; there was no precise statute, it is true, which made it unlawful until the Interstate Commerce Act was passed in 1887; but the common law had always prohibited such discriminations.
This convention was notable for its grant of preferential treatment (in general, a rebate of 25% on the customs already levied) to imports from the United Kingdom.
There is a rebate of 3% on most goods from the United Kingdom, machinery from Great Britain thus entering free.
At the same time the rebate on goods from Great Britain and reciprocating colonies was increased.
Defn: Deduction; abatement; as, a rebateof interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
Rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend, Till this funereal web my labors end.
Come to me some years hence and I expect to be able to point to a string of lineal descendants of the rebate plan, each of them as helpless to perform what is expected as the other.
The rebate system is probably its legitimate offspring.
In setting the glass, place a thin cushion of putty between the rebate and the glass and another thin cushion between the glass and the fillet of wood or the backing which is to protect the back of the glass.
By using a tenon on the rails in which one shoulder is as much longer than the other as the rebate is deep there is no resulting groove showing at the corner.
In cutting the rebate the easiest way is to use a rabbeting plane and cut the full length of the pieces.
And," the man told me, "there will be a rebate coming to you.
I told them to keep it; that nothing but a rebate of thirteen pounds looked good to me.
Come around this evening and I will tell you how much of a rebate you will be allowed.
When I went to get my rebate I was offered one pound eleven shillings.
The Circuit Court of Appeals ultimately determined that the fine was improperly large, since it had been based on the untenable theory that each shipment on which a rebate was paid constituted a separate offense.
It was the rebate which had made the Standard Oil trust, the rebate, amplified, systematized, glorified into a power never equalled before or since by any business of the country.
In spite, however, of the failure of this particular case, with its spectacular features, the net result of the rebate prosecutions was that the rebate evil was eliminated for good and all from American railway and commercial life.
Then he got ten dollars more on another bill, and after that he claimed a rebate of ten per cent.
At the end of six months he made a claim of a rebate on a bill for a hundred and fifty dollars and we allowed him ten dollars.
At first he met all bills promptly and never asked for any rebate or commission.
And every dividend declared by it was, of course in effect a rebate enjoyed exclusively by this particular mill, as against less favored competitors.
As one writer has put it, "Rebate contracts are not usually negotiated before large audiences nor are rebatepayments commonly made upon street corners.
The special rate here mentioned, however, should be carefully distinguished from a secret rebate offered to one contractor as against another in the same place.
When you take in these people at the station on a private rebate you might as well make it public and lose what you intend to accomplish.
Among other things this diagram also brings out the effect upon revenue of the substantial rate increases after 1900, coupled with the elimination of rebate losses.
And, finally, a practical elimination of the rebate and the cessation of general rate wars has usually resulted in a very substantial increase in the revenue of the carriers as well as in the scale of charges imposed upon most shippers.
This, known as 'drayage equalization,' was claimed by competitors to be in the nature of a rebate to secure business.
One provision of this act plainly illustrates the attitude of Massachusetts: like the acts of many of the New England colonies, it allowed a rebate of the whole duty on re-exportation.
Rebate of three-fourths of the tax allowed in case of re-exportation of the slaves in six months.
All the duty acts of the Southern and Middle colonies allowed a rebate of one-half or three-fourths of the duty on the re-exportation of the slave, thus laying a small tax on even temporary importation.
Rebate of three-fourths of the duty allowed in case of re-exportation in six months.
This slab has a rebate on the left side, proving that it belongs to the left end of a frieze.
On the top of the chest there is a rebate to receive the lid, which formed a separate block and has not been found.
The lower course is worked with a rebateto fit the upper course.
At the upper margin of the opening is a rebate or gain (E) at each corner, extending down to the top line of the drawer opening, into which are fitted the ends of the upper cross guides.
A shallow rebate is formed to receive the leaded lights, which are retained in position with split bamboo fixed with round-headed brass screws.
A rebate is formed for the gate on the posts by nailing on split sapling; see Figs.
At d is indicated the sash-frame, with its rebate for glass, which occupies the upper part of the opening; and at e is a metal flashing between rail and sash to throw off rain.
The rebate is sometimes returned by the manufacturer, after the full price is paid to the retailer by the purchaser.
Rebate thy tender suit, Lest to herself impute Some worth Thy bride of earth!
This forced the independent lines either to sell out to the Standard or to suspend business, for the latter's rebate was larger than their toll.
The agreement also contained the stipulation that if lower rates should ever be granted to their competitors, an additionalrebate should be given to the Standard Oil Company.
It is wholly evasive to say that there is no discrimination between Canadian and American vessels; that the rebate is allowed to both without favor upon grain carried through to Montreal or transshipped at a Canadian port to Montreal.
An offer being made to them to accept the prize subject to a rebate of £10, or in lieu thereof "a faire rounde salt with a cover of silver all gilt," weighing over 44 ozs.
If you do--and I hope you will--the Treasury can send the first check for half of the rebate in May and the second by September.
On the other hand if a man wishes to allow a rebate on the just price in order that he may have his money sooner, he is not guilty of the sin of usury.
Why did he not send a message to Congress showing up the hemp rebate system?
The cost of such a draft--which would mature at the time the debt became due--would be less than the cost of a demand draft, the importer getting his rebate of interest out of the cheaper price he pays for the pounds he needs.
And the rebate being always less than the discount rate, less pounds sterling come off the face of the bill in the process of rebating than of discounting.
To facilitate the export of Russian goods in Russian-built ships, a rebate was allowed of half the expense of Russian coal used in steamers carrying less than three-fourths of a full cargo on export, and one-half cargo on import.
They claimed a rebate of six dollars a thousand on it," he declared; "and we declined to allow the claim.
Tell Hankins to draw a check for the rebate in full and bring it in to me.
The rebate system was found to exist in 21 of the 65 hotels to which investigators were solicited to go for immoral purposes.
Many hotels have rebate clerks whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the girls and pay them the commissions due them.
If, when in the room, he orders wine or beer, the girl receives another rebate or commission on the amount of the bill.
X 232 is the rebate clerk at this hotel, and this duty takes up his whole time.
Mamie and Mary both stated that the rebate clerk gives them all amounts over $1.
