refund

¹

[ri-fuhnd, ree-fuhnd, ree-fuhnd]

verb (used with object)

1. to give back or restore (especially money); repay.

2. to make repayment to; reimburse.

verb (used without object)

1. to make repayment.

noun

1. an act or instance of refunding.

2. an amount refunded.

refund

²

[ree-fuhnd]

verb (used with object)

1. to fund anew.

2. Finance.

   1. to meet (a matured debt structure) by new borrowing, especially through issuance of bonds.

   2. to replace (an old issue) with a new one.

refund

verb

1. to give back (money), as when an article purchased is unsatisfactory

2. to reimburse (a person)

noun

1. return of money to a purchaser or the amount so returned

Other Word Forms

• refundable adjective
• refundability noun
• refunder noun
• refundment noun
• nonrefundability noun
• nonrefundable adjective
• unrefundable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of refund¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English verb refunden “to export, transmit,” from Old French refonder, refunder “to reimburse” and Latin refundere “to pour back,” equivalent to re- re- + fundere “to pour”; found ³

Origin of refund²

First recorded in 1855–60; re- + fund

Word History and Origins

Origin of refund¹

C14: from Latin refundere to pour back, from _re- + fundere to pour

Example Sentences

Yet there’s reason to believe consumers may feel more upbeat early next year, as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act should generate a “bumper crop of income-tax refunds,” according to Kelly.

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Miles was next seen in a clip on social media - with someone confronting him in the street and demanding his tickets or a full refund of £10,000 by the next day.

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Wu Weiguo, the manager of a travel agency in Shanghai, said that "the biggest impact is on group travel", with 90 percent of his clients requesting refunds for planned Japan itineraries.

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Known as the mandatory reimbursement requirement it obliges banks to refund most victims of push payment fraud - when victims are tricked and manipulated into transferring money to criminals themselves.

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Six years ago, some frustrated tax experts stressed that Americans should focus on the decrease in their total taxes, not the decrease in their refund.

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