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
  • Stock is already limited, but below you can find the most gasp-inducing discounts on our favorite brands from just $6.
    — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Transit discounts are available for seniors, disabled and student riders.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 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
  • As this example shows, futures investing — and deductions drawn from it — can shift rapidly.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Common business deductions include rent, employee wages, utilities, office supplies and other expenses.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of deductions
Noun
  • Meanwhile, outlays by those in the bottom 80% were unchanged after inflation.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The company still expects capital expenditures in excess of $25 billion this year, and executives are now predicting even larger outlays going forward.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
Definition of outlays
Noun
  • This year, each city department was directed to prepare a budget with 5% reductions to its operating costs.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Gamers lament that this is benefitting the companies while offering nothing to consumers with no price reductions in the cost of games, despite the supply-side savings.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of reductions
Noun
  • By that reading, this week’s slide might have had less to do with investors concerned about AI capital expenditures post-earnings, and more with investors taking profits before the event.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Filmmaking is big business in Illinois, with expenditures in the state reaching a record $703 million in 2025, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Film.
    — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of expenditures
Noun
  • Part of that is people feeling left behind—wages can’t compound as quickly as stocks, so everyone needs to participate in the market to believe in capitalism.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The union also says the management company interrogated and surveilled workers during a strike in June, when employees walked out to fight for higher wages and better benefits.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of wages
Noun
  • Johnson formed the league by providing star athletes with salaries and appearance fees to compete on a four-event circuit in 2025.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Pointing to leetcode interviews, sustained high salaries and shelves of dense technical books as evidence the craft demanded scarce skill long before AI arrived.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of salaries

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