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rebate

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


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Walmart, the US's largest retailer, said the nearly $3bn in tariff rebate it anticipated would help it continue a programme of price cuts or "rollbacks" that it expanded earlier this year, external.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

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

California is set to roll out its own instant rebate program to assist drivers in purchasing their first new or used EV.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 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

“Then we’ll thresh out the letters and the rebate question, if I have the cross-examining of you.”

From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm

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

But, now I remember, I once rode free And forgot that the road rebated me!

From Impertinent Poems by Edmund Vance Cooke

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 Charles Ramsdell Lingley

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

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

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

In 2022 CBO projected that rebates for Part B drugs administered in physician offices would total $2.3 billion for 2023 and 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But there are also a number of reasons to wonder if profits at present levels are temporarily inflated by things such as tariff rebates or the delayed depreciation of artificial-intelligence assets like memory chips.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The commissary was a source of revenue and there were certain commissions and rebates in the purchase of equipment which he did not mention but which added materially to his income.

From The Lady Doc by Caroline Lockhart




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