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



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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