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
  • My expert shopping adventure led me to 10 can’t-miss Labor Day discounts going for $20 or less.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Now is also a great time to stock up on household essentials with discounts on dishwasher tabs, batteries, toilet bowl cleaner and more up to 50% off.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Sep. 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
  • This status also serves as a crucial fundraising tool, as donations from alumni and others become eligible for tax deductions.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Sami claimed deductions totaling about $98,000 over three years as charitable and marketing expenses.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of deductions
Noun
  • Entertainment and retail subscriptions now account for roughly 43% of total subscription outlays.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Transfer outlays of £36million, the Welsh club’s summer spend on seven new faces, can do that, especially if this comes on the back of £38m being spent across two windows last season.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of outlays
Noun
  • The soy-tomato condition showed significant reductions in key markers of inflammation.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 Sep. 2026
  • And on the opposite side of the same coin, the solutions to inflation – spending reductions and higher taxes – are massively unpopular and could hurt the economy in the short run.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of reductions
Noun
  • In the eyes of rival executives, Moreno opted for the flashy purchase over steady, incremental expenditures.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • When scaled across hundreds of millions of users, those fractions add up to massive daily expenditures.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of expenditures
Noun
  • Cal Fire Local 1881 says wages haven’t kept up with inflation, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The group alleged security forces opened fire on job seekers in Gachsaran and Ahvaz and reported separate demonstrations over unpaid wages, inflation, fuel shortages and working conditions.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of wages
Noun
  • Unions serve as a vital counterbalance in an economy where corporate profits and executive salaries often overshadow the needs of the workforce.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The teams that play in the richest league in the world are able to pay fees and salaries that increasingly few in continental Europe can match.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of salaries

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