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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