Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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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