REFUND
refund, repayment
(noun) the act of returning money received previously
refund
(noun) money returned to a payer
refund, return, repay, give back
(verb) pay back; “Please refund me my money”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
refund (third-person singular simple present refunds, present participle refunding, simple past and past participle refunded)
(transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
(transitive, obsolete) To supply again with funds.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pour back.
Noun
refund (plural refunds)
An amount of money returned.
Anagrams
• funder
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fund" (r*fnd"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + fund.]
Definition: To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new
fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
Re*fund" (r*fnd"), v. t. Etym: [L. refundere; pref. re- re- + fundere
to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Refound
to cast again, 1st Refuse.]
1. To pour back. [R. & Obs.]
Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would
refund that color upon the object. Ray.
2. To give back; to repay; to restore.
A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to
refund what he had wrongfully taken. L'Estrange.
3. To supply again with funds; to reimburse. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition