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Refund is to give money back.

(verb)

A company giving your money back on a defective toaster is an example of refund.

The definition of a refund is an amount of money given back.

(noun)

The $17 that was returned to you after you brought back a shirt that fit badly is an example of a refund.

See refund in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to give back or pay back (money, etc.); repay

Origin: ME refunden < MFr or L: MFr refonder < L refundere < re-, back + fundere, to pour: see found

intransitive verb

to make repayment

noun

the act of refunding or the amount refunded; repayment

Related Forms:

refundable adjective

transitive verb

to fund again or anew
Finance
1. to use borrowed money, esp. the proceeds from the sale of a bond issue, to pay back (a loan) before or at maturity
2. to replace (an old bond issue) with a new bond issue, often at a lower rate of interest

Origin: re- + fund

See refund in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·fund·ed, re·fund·ing, re·funds

verb, transitive

To give back, especially money; return or repay: refunded the purchase price.

verb, intransitive

To make repayment.

noun (rēˈfŭndˌ)

A repayment of funds.
An amount repaid.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English refunden

Origin: , from Old French refunder

Origin: , from Latin refundere

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

re·fundˈa·ble adjective

re·fundˈer noun

re·fundˈment noun

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