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

Another critical commenter, Deymond Lashley, said that the scope was too broad, perhaps threatening discounts that customers depend on.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Retailers will probably rely on a mix of discounts, new merchandise and higher-end brands to keep customers coming.

— Juveria Tabassum, USA Today, 21 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

Citing its investigation, the watchdog said 48 percent of the promotions were actually price increases, 40 percent were not real price deductions, and seven percent had a lower discount than advertised.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
On the flip side, doing the wrong thing meant point deductions.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of deductions

Noun

In the first 10 months of the 2026 fiscal year, interest costs have eclipsed Medicare healthcare outlays to become the second-largest line item in the federal budget, behind the Social Security pension system.

— Reuters, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
In the first 10 months of the 2026 fiscal year, interest costs have eclipsed Medicare health care outlays to become the second-largest line-item in the federal budget, behind the Social Security pension system.

— David Lawder, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of outlays

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In northwest suburban Northlake, the average homeowner would save more than $2,000 on their annual tax bill — a difference of almost 30% — if local data centers did not receive valuation reductions and incentives, according to the analysis.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Historically, organizations have achieved dramatic cost reductions through outsourcing, labor arbitrage, and operating model redesign.

— Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of reductions

Noun

Yet, despite decades of effort and millions in capital expenditures, true end-to-end lineage across a complex enterprise mosaic of custom builds and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products remained an elusive goal.

— Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Traders will also get the latest reading on the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is slated for release next Wednesday.

— Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of expenditures

Noun

Losses are commonplace in a market where revenue growth has not kept pace with rising transfer fees and wages.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
These adjustments reflect differences in market wages employers pay for similar jobs across geographic labor markets.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of wages

Noun

What if the league suddenly had to generate enough revenue to pay its own salaries and cover its own expenses?

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Data on climbing salaries shows that a job that pays well at 25 may offer surprisingly little wage growth by 50, while another occupation with a more modest starting point can produce dramatic earnings such as the ones in the Coin Insider analysis.

— Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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