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rebate

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


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The risk is compounded by the elimination in 2021 of a rebate program that allowed tourists to reclaim the value-added tax they paid on souvenirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Mr Long is waiting to hear from the local authority about his request for a council tax rebate.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Discounts: Many premium credit cards will rebate the fee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

But he said if he was handed a slice of local income tax, he would "create a new rebate scheme to put money back into people's pockets".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Doorways have square jambs, without splay or rebate; sometimes the jambs of doorways and windows are inclined, as in early buildings in Ireland.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

Yes, it would involve taxing all electric power, but some of that could be rebated based on average per-home power usage before electric vehicles became popular.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2021

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

It will aim to be revenue neutral, however, because Washington’s sales tax will be cut by 1% and further tax rebated will be given to manufacturers and low-income households.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2016

In this and similar cases the side rails are rebated as shown in the section, and the bottom rail is thinner than the side rails to allow the glass to finish level upon it.

From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by William Fairham

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

Rebating planes are the moving fillister, the sash fillister, the common rebating plane, the side rebating plane.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh

PBMs receive rebates calculated as a percentage of a drug’s list price, meaning higher-priced brand drugs yield larger payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

An existing bill offering tax rebates on fiber-optic equipment was hastily rewritten to provide tax breaks on data center gear.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

But with rebates flowing, counterparties are now suing some of these companies for pocketing those higher costs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Rival retailer Target recently said it had received $1bn in rebates, boosting its profits.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

From The Best Policy by Elliott Flower


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