Etymograph

English

feebate

Blend of fee + rebate.

A blend of fee + rebate

Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘livestock’

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Proto-Germanic *fehu ‘livestock’

Proto-West Germanic *fehu ‘livestock’

Old English feoh ‘cattle, property, money’

Middle English fee

English fee

Old French rabatre

English rebate

Today it means

noun A tax or user charge imposed by government that charges users of socially undesirable items and applies the money to payments for users of socially desirable items.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / feebate