What does refund mean?
Definitions for refund
rɪˈfʌnd, ˈri fʌnd; ˈri fʌndre·fund
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Princeton's WordNet
refundnoun
money returned to a payer
refund, repaymentverb
the act of returning money received previously
refund, return, repay, give backverb
pay back
"Please refund me my money"
Wiktionary
refundnoun
An amount of money returned.
If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a refund.
refundverb
To return (money) to (someone).
refundverb
To supply again with funds; to reimburse.
refundverb
To pour back.
Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object. uE000174329uE001 Ray.
Etymology: refundere; prefix re- re- + fundere to pour: compare refondre, refonder. See fuse to melt, and compare refound to cast again, and refuse.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Refundverb
Etymology: refundo, Lat.
Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object, and so it would not be represented as in itself it is. John Ray.
A governor, that had pilled the people, was, for receiving of bribes, sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. Roger L'Estrange.
Such wise men as himself account all that is past, to be also gone; and know, that there can be no gain in refunding, nor any profit in paying debts. South.
How to Icarius, in the bridal hour,
Shall I, by waste undone, refund the dow’r. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
refund
A refund is a repayment or reimbursement of funds or money previously paid or spent, typically due to dissatisfaction with goods or services purchased, system error, overpayment, or inability to fulfill an order or contract. It may also refer to the amount of money that someone receives back from taxes they have overpaid.
Webster Dictionary
Refundverb
to fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan
Refundverb
to pour back
Refundverb
to give back; to repay; to restore
Refundverb
to supply again with funds; to reimburse
Etymology: [Pref. re- + fund.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Refund
rē-fund′, v.t. to repay: to restore: to return what has been taken.—ns. Refund′; Refund′er; Refund′ment. [Fr.,—L. refundĕre, refusum—re-, back, fundĕre, to pour.]
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Anagrams for refund »
funder
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of refund in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of refund in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of refund in a Sentence
We had a member of Arsenal Supporters Trust buy one, and fly from the USA only to have his ticket refunded a few days before the game, of course, he has spent hundreds on the flight and hotels for which he could n’t get a refund.
It does throw a little bit of wrench into things, to the extent that individuals are relying on the refund any delay is going to be a negative.
We have not seen it in terms of passenger refund or change requests.
One thing that likely will happen is that people will get smaller refunds than they were expecting because that refund, in a sense, came in advance.
It has given people in the market some pause, if the court was to suddenly invalidate the auctions, where do you go from there? Does that mean we go back in time and refund the money? And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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- إعادة مالArabic
- Rückzahlung, Rückerstattung, erstatten, zurückerstatten, ErstattungGerman
- repagiEsperanto
- reembolso, reembolsar, devolverSpanish
- hyvitys, maksupalautus, hyvittää, palautt, palautus, takaisinmaksu, maksaa takaisinFinnish
- remboursement, rembourserFrench
- ath-dhìoladh, ath-dhìolScottish Gaelic
- aayioold, aayeeilManx
- rimborso, restituire, ripagare, rifondere, rimborsareItalian
- 払い戻す, 払い戻しJapanese
- 환불금Korean
- whakahoki moni, whakahokinga moniMāori
- teruggaveDutch
- reembolsar, reembolsoPortuguese
- rambursareRomanian
- возмещение, возмещать, компенсация, возвращённая сумма, компенсироватьRussian
- återbetalningSwedish
- geri ödemekTurkish
- 退还Chinese
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