REBATES Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

rebates

noun

plural of rebate

as in discounts

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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

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Noun

Foes of the measure say their warnings about the future of discounts lies in the disclosure requirement.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
Insurance discounts and long-term savings Because impact windows protect your home against storm damage, many home insurance providers will offer discounts or incentives for installing them in your home.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 10 July 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

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Households in the top 20% — those with incomes of about $200,000 or more — account for nearly 60% of personal outlays, up from about half in the early 1990s, according to a Moody's analysis published in June and authored by Zandi.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 July 2026
The top 20% of the income distribution now accounts for nearly 60% of all personal outlays, up from about half in the early 1990s.

— Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of outlays

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Voltage reductions were also happening earlier in the day in parts of Staten Island, Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Westchester, Con Edison spokesperson Jamie McShane told CNN.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
On the other hand, massive reductions in the number of incoming immigrants do not increase such jobs.

— Robert Hormats, Time, 4 July 2026

Definition of reductions

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The company plans to invest $11 billion globally in capital expenditures and research and development between 2025 and 2028, with a focus on technologies that support electrification and the energy transition.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
American Mission’s ads are independent expenditures, so the political committee cannot legally coordinate with the campaign or get Donalds’ approval.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Definition of expenditures

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Staff wages will be paid from a pool of $352 million and the 41 new projects combined are expected to create 6,198 cast and crew job openings and employ 13,153 background performers.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
The Fort Worth-Arlington area economy expanded in May, with payroll employment and hourly wages increasing, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026

Definition of wages

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Here are some top salaries for doctors in their peak earning years, ages 40 to 55, according to the researchers.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Cuts to funding for people with disabilities, rising tuition costs and slashed teacher salaries would all be on the table, said Fogle, a Springfield Democrat.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026

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