Examples of rebate in a Sentence
Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Our goal is to help HOAs efficiently apply and work through the process of being rebated.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
The total taxes rebated during the life of the agreement is capped at $750,000.
—Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
The Oak Lawn Village Board this week unanimously approved a 12-year economic incentive agreement with the Nissan dealership, at 4300 W. 95th St., that would rebate some of the sales taxes the village otherwise would receive, beginning Jan. 1.
—Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
To encourage more participation in a similar program, the government recently doubled the discount for repairs of household appliances, rebating up to €90 ($99) for fixing a computer.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2023
To induce dealerships to remain and expand in Oak Lawn, the village has agreed to rebate some of the sales taxes customers pay.
—Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
Purvis expects there will be pushback from drug companies to rebate penalties, but AARP is poised to defend the new law.
—Megan Farrer, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
Like Thurow, Carter would rebate his consumption tax to low-income people, but Carter’s plan is appallingly stingy; the rebate brings families only up to the federal poverty threshold, which is currently $30,000 for a family of four.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
Matt Stevens, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Landscape rebates are available through the Socal WaterSmart Turf Replacement Program at socalwatersmart.com.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
These figures include various types of collected taxes as well as rebates on export taxes.
—Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2024
The first is prices, as slow-moving vehicles need corrosive rebates and incentives before a customer will drive one off the lot, while fresher models in demand can command a premium.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
Officials announced the rebate in honor of Cindy Montañez, who was a San Fernando City Council member and chief executive of TreePeople before her death in October.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
The LAist reported that some landscape contractors are struggling to adapt financially to the mandates in California cities, although the state has introduced rebates and grants to help the transition.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
That'd be offset by a growing number of state and federal rebates and tax credits that encourage decarbonization.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2024
In 2012, with the help of a government rebate program, the family transitioned its Los Angeles home to run on solar power.
—Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French rebatre, rabatre to beat back, deduct, from re- + abatre to strike down, from a- (from Latin ad-) + batre to beat, from Latin battuere
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun
1656, in the meaning defined above
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