rebates

noun

plural of rebate
1
as in discounts

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2
as in refunds

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Recent Examples of rebates Luis Esteves, director of the Irvine Great Park, outlined the new rebates OCPA offered this year, including a $1,000 rebate for home battery storage, up to $1,000 for home EV chargers and free home energy efficiency kits. — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025 According to Shapiro's office, 522,434 rebates totaling more than $319 million were sent to Pennsylvanians who submitted a rebate application in 2024. — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebates
  1. discounts
  2. refunds
  3. deductions
  4. outlays
  5. reductions
  6. expenditures
  7. wages
  8. salaries
Noun
  • Walmart, Target and other retailers have been pushing discounts for the fall season, seeking to lure inflation-weary shoppers.
    — Anne D'Innocenzio, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Lastly, Floridians, don’t forget to take advantage of the Florida resident discounts when purchasing an annual pass or one-off tickets.
    — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of discounts
Noun
  • Wes Harrell, a broker and head of a trading group at capital markets firm Seaport Global, told Fortune that in these instances, the loan-to-value ratio of potential refunds used as collateral might be about 50%, meaning a $10 million refund claim would only be worth $5 million as a loan.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Organizers said guests who purchased VIP concert upgrades for Sunday will receive refunds and will be contacted directly with additional details about the refund process.
    — CBS Texas Staff, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of refunds
Noun
  • On the flip side, doing the wrong thing meant point deductions.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Employers typically pick up most of the cost of health insurance, but workers must pay a portion of the tab, usually through paycheck deductions.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of deductions
Noun
  • Additionally, the budget took a $99 billion hit because the first of the month was a nonbusiness day, accelerating various benefits outlays as well as Supplemental Security Income and Medicare payments.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Defense Department military spending rose $39 billion (5%) on personnel and R&D; Veterans Affairs outlays rose $34 billion (11%) on more beneficiaries and higher per-person costs.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlays
Noun
  • Eligibility crisis Defense officials have long warned that America's obesity epidemic is a national security problem, shrinking the pool of young people eligible to serve -- which has translated to reductions in recruitment.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For all the attention paid to billion-dollar budget reductions and management reforms, Bartos insists those victories represent only the beginning of the project.
    — Bethany Mandel, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of reductions
Noun
  • Before 2021, foreign aid financed roughly three-quarters of public expenditures.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Provisions in last year’s tax bill are helping boost capital expenditures, and business investment has accelerated this year.
    — Josh Wingrove, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of expenditures
Noun
  • The elite can now offer far more, both in wages and trophy-hunting opportunities.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Americans’ very insulation from the wars Washington wages, and the diffuse nature of those wars’ costs, serves to defuse political opposition.
    — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of wages
Noun
  • The head of Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, on Thursday called on Congo’s government to pay the outstanding salaries, saying money was available and that paying workers was the government’s responsibility.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Jonathan Curtiss Sherman Oaks Pros and cons The WNBA has seen a very positive increase the last few years in viewership, ratings and salaries, which is good for them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of salaries

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