refund
1[verb ri-fuhnd, ree-fuhnd; noun ree-fuhnd]
verb (used with object)
to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
to make repayment to; reimburse.
verb (used without object)
to make repayment.
noun
an act or instance of refunding.
an amount refunded.
Origin of refund
1refund
2[ree-fuhnd]
verb (used with object)
Origin of refund
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Related Words for refunded
discharged, paid, repaid, acquitted, renewed, revised, reconstituted, redeemed, reissued, reestablished, renegotiatedExamples from the Web for refunded
Contemporary Examples of refunded
If customers purchase the dress, the $482 fee will be dropped from their final bill, but if not, their deposit is not refunded.
Is Sheryl Sandberg Dodging The Fashion Question?; Vera Wang Charges Dress Try-On FeeThe Fashion Beast Team
March 25, 2013
Historical Examples of refunded
And if the cat fall short in any of these particulars, a third of her price had to be refunded.
Concerning CatsHelen M. Winslow
The money could be refunded, and the costs paid—somehow that can all be managed.
Loyalties (Fifth Series Plays)John Galsworthy
My outlay, however, was all refunded from this appropriation.
The History of Minnesota and Tales of the FrontierCharles E. Flandrau
It is but just to state that when this fact was discovered, by the committee the money was refunded.
The Red Cross in Peace and WarClara Barton
It represents now, of course, a remnant of our war debt, not refunded.
Honest MoneyArthur Isaac Fonda
refund
verb (rɪˈfʌnd) (tr)
noun (ˈriːˌfʌnd)
Word Origin for refund
C14: from Latin refundere to pour back, from re- + fundere to pour
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