rabatterade

Rabatterande and its past participle form rabatterade is a Swedish adjective built from the verb rabattera, meaning to grant a discount or reduce a price. The form rabatterade typically describes something that has been discounted or sold at a reduced price. It is commonly used in everyday language, retail, and business contexts.

In usage, rabatterade describes prices, goods, or offers that have been reduced from their original level. Examples include rabatterade priser (discounted prices), rabatterade varor (discounted goods), and rabatterad bil (a discounted car). The form agrees with the noun it modifies: en rabatterad vara (a discounted item), ett rabatterat pris (a discounted price), rabatterade varor (discounted goods).

Etymology-wise, rabattera derives from the noun rabatt, meaning discount or rebate. The exact historical origin of rabatt is uncertain, but the term has long been used in Swedish to denote price reductions and concessions; rabattera is the corresponding verb, and rabatterade is its past participle used as an adjective.

In finance and economics, rabatterade can also appear in phrases describing discounting processes, such as rabatterade kassaflöden (discounted cash flows) or rabatterade värden (discounted values), referring to present-value calculations where future amounts are adjusted by a discount rate.

See also: rabatt, prisreducering, kampanjpris, rabattpolitik.