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rebate

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


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IDEX, which sells pumps and valves to a range of industries, said it expected to rebate $14.7 million to customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The government also said that 345,000 Scottish low-income households would now automatically receive the rebate in the winter, bringing Scotland's policy in line with England and Wales.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

First Secretary of State Louise Haigh told the BBC that there was not currently a mechanism in place for mayors to offer a rebate.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Regardless, California’s latest push toward getting more EVs on the road is the MyFirstEV instant rebate program, which will knock $3,500 off the purchase price of a new EV and $1,750 off a used model.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Mamie and Mary both stated that the rebate clerk gives them all amounts over $1.00 which their customers pay for rooms.

From Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by George Jackson Kneeland

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

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

She treated him not uncivilly, but her Coldness would have rebated the Courage of any but Alvaro.

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Montague Summers

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

The majority of the claims I had been making from day to day were fraudulent, and in paying them the railroad company was merely rebating the coal rates for Consolidated Coal.

From Branded by Francis Lynde

The subsidies and rebates offered by some local governments may not be enough to offset the cost of the switch.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

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

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The rebates are available only to first-time EV buyers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

This language would let crypto exchanges offer stablecoin holders cash back, rebates and other perks as long as they are not exclusively based on a user’s stablecoin holdings.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"The railroad lines," I wisely replied "Are the lines with which our trade is tied, And the wretches who take their rebates set New knots in the bonds under which we fret."

From Impertinent Poems by Edmund Vance Cooke




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