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rebate

[ree-beyt, ree-beyt, ri-beyt] / ˈri beɪt, ˈri beɪt, rɪˈbeɪt /


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It is now able to bale its own aluminum, cardboard, and other materials used and discarded at the arena from event days and gets a rebate from Waste Management for taking it off their hands.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

Kalshi and Polymarket said they rebate some market makers’ fees and sometimes even pay them for providing liquidity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

The country offers a 30% rebate that expands when factoring in eligible Hungarian spending.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

Heating payments to social welfare recipients will be extended for four weeks, and there will be enhancements to a rebate programme for hauliers.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

The War Office, in the early stages of the war, asked us to pay a rebate of 10 per cent. on the gross takings of the refreshment department.

From The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire by Yapp, Arthur Keysall

And they didn’t get any of their taxes rebated.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2021

Under the program, the permitting approval process for outdoor seating will be shortened and application fees will be waived or rebated.

From Washington Post May 26, 2020

A better idea would be a market-based carbon tax, with revenue rebated to consumers.

From Washington Times Aug. 22, 2018

One was a program related to robo-adviser unit Amerivest that rebated some fees for new clients whose portfolios performed poorly.

From Reuters Dec. 6, 2016

This, as its name implies, amounted to one-fifth of the seigneury's value; but it rarely accrued, and even when it did the generous monarch usually rebated a part or all of it.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett

UnitedHealth plans to return profits from the Affordable Care Act marketplace to consumers by voluntarily eliminating and rebating profits this year.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

Sales have steadily declined since hitting $19.14 billion world-wide in 2015, however, partly because insurers have limited use to the dwindling supply of the sickest patients and Gilead has increased rebating to cope with competition.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 24, 2018

“As much as the drugmakers complain about the rebating scheme, they’ve grown as dependent on its subterfuge, opacity and inequity as everyone else in the system,” he wrote.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2017

It would also create a detailed program for rebating those revenues to economically vulnerable populations who would be adversely affected by the subsequent hit to the fossil fuel industries.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2015

Within another five days the Elkins Act had been passed—a law designed to eliminate rebating.

From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell

The possibility for accessing greater rebates in turn incentivizes productions to pass the cultural test.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

Apple offers subsidized smartphones through telecom carriers, while drug companies give rebates to pharmacy benefit managers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

PricewaterhouseCoopers is attempting to apply AI agents to more advanced testing, such as assessing whether revenue for U.S. pharmaceutical rebates was recorded properly, said Shawn Panson, the firm’s U.S. assurance transformation leader.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

Specifically, PBMs require drug manufacturers to pay fees and rebates tied to a drug’s list price to secure placement on formularies.

From MarketWatch Apr. 7, 2026

I’m not sure that that wouldn’t be considered worse than giving rebates on premiums.”

From The Best Policy by Flower, Elliott




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