rebates

Coupon-like discounts that Indians hunger for.

"The mahallah-hallah demanded I pay for my trip to India entirely in rebates."

rebates by JBFBeagle February 24, 2008

rebate 

A false promise to reimburse someone cash for buying a product. Originally from the term re-bait which means to lure or trick someone over and over again. In order to make a product seem less expensive, some manufacturers offer a rebate of cash if you buy their product and them follow vague and difficult instructions that involve cutting things out, stapling things together, photocopying, mailing or shipping items and them waiting six months for a check that never comes. If the company really wanted you to save money, they would just have a promotional sale.
See also RIP-OFF, MAIL FRAUD.

I wonder what happened to my rebate?

rebate by robin graves February 21, 2004

rebate mule 

The person (usually a friend or family member) you have a rebate check sent to when you've already collected on that rebate yourself; often necessary for manufactuer's rebates on liquor, which are limited to one per household.

I already hit this $10 rebate for Canadian Club a month ago, so I'm gonna use Tom as my rebate mule for this new bottle.

rebate mule by Lincoln Damage October 18, 2012

rebate 

To follow up a masturbation session with another masturbation session.

Saturday night was lonely so I wanked then out of boredom I rebated.

rebate by Phil Heckleson February 16, 2014

White Trash Rebate 

Application of various disreputable and/or fraudulent strategies calculated to evade the limitations of rebate offer fine print and obtain a rebate to which one would not otherwise be entitled. Closely related to white trash echange, white trash refund, white trash warranty claim, white trash regifting, etc.

Horace, a retirement village mailroom attendant, drew heavily upon his innate sense of fiscal ingenuity, when he overcame the limitations of the "One Rebate Per Household" restriction by using a white trash rebate scheme to pocket dozens of $5 denture creme rebate checks.

White Trash Rebate by texlex61 January 27, 2009

Mom-rebate 

It´s when you purchase something with your own money upfront and later come crawling to mom for reimbursement. If approved you can expect a wire transfer to replenish your beer funds.

A: Shit, brah. How´d you get the cash for a new Gronk jersey?
B: I just lucked out, a mom-rebate for my orgo book just came through.

Mom-rebate by buttcheeeeze January 2, 2016

idiot tax rebate 

An unexpected windfall that makes you feel really excited and happy - as long as you don't think about how much idiot tax you paid in the first place.

Me: Hooray! Hoorah! I've won ten quid on the lottery!

Wife: Yeah, but you buy two tickets a week, so over the last year you've wasted over a hundred quid. This is just an idiot tax rebate.

idiot tax rebate by jwgrooves January 27, 2011