cashback

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Cashback is money returned to you after a purchase. Get cashback, a cashback offer, cashback at the till.

In a shop it also means taking cash out while paying by card, which is a quite different thing. Cashback on a card is really a discount paid later and often forgotten.

Definitions of cashback

1nouncashbackMoney returned to you after a purchase.B2
“The card gave one per cent cashback on everything.”

cashback is money.

Practised in Shopping & Money

Practise this word

cashback in the wild

For example, a customer purchasing $18.99 worth of goods at a supermarket might ask for twenty dollars cashback.
Debit card cashback
Debit card cashback is available through common payment networks like Visa, Mastercard, American Express.
Debit card cashback
Leading cashback and similar programs providing U.S. consumers with rewards for shopping online with multiple vendors include Capital One Shopping, Ibotta, Rakuten Rewards and PayPal Honey.
Cashback website
FBF's product is a combined loyalty card and credit card to be used in shops and webshops to earn and accumulate bonuses, also called cashback.
Forbrugsforeningen

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