Refund Definition

rĭ-fŭnd, rēfŭnd
refunded, refunding, refunds
verb
refunded, refunding, refunds
To give back or pay back (money, etc.); repay.
Webster's New World
To make repayment.
Webster's New World
To fund again or anew.
Webster's New World
To use borrowed money, esp. the proceeds from the sale of a bond issue, to pay back (a loan) before or at maturity.
Webster's New World
To replace (an old bond issue) with a new bond issue, often at a lower rate of interest.
Webster's New World
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noun
refunds
A repayment of funds.
American Heritage
The act of refunding or the amount refunded; repayment.
Webster's New World
The definition of a refund is an amount of money given back.
The $17 that was returned to you after you brought back a shirt that fit badly is an example of a refund.
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Synonyms:
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To replace debt before the original maturity date by issuing refunding bonds.
Webster's New World Finance

Other Word Forms of Refund

Noun

Singular:
refund
Plural:
refunds

Origin of Refund

  • Latin refundere; prefix re- re- + fundere to pour: compare French refondre, refonder. See fuse to melt, and compare refound to cast again, and refuse.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English refunden from Old French refunder from Latin refundere re- re- fundere to pour gheu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Refund Sentence Examples

  • I thought he might want a refund on his unused rent, not that I'd have given it to him, but he didn't even ask.

  • If at least half of the harvest in any year is destroyed by accident, the lessee (a) in the case of a lease for several years, obtains, at the end of his lease, a refund of rent, by way of indemnity, unless he has been indemnified by preceding harvests; (b) in the case of a lease for a year only, may secure a proportional abatement of the current rent.

  • In 1895, in order to bring down its price, a distillation tax was imposed, from which a refund was paid on alcohol used for other than beverage purposes.

  • In the prolonged discussions regarding the Bill of Indemnity he was instrumental in saving the life of Haselrig, and opposed the clause compelling all officers who had served under Cromwell to refund their salaries, he himself never having had any.

  • Simply keep your receipt and all tags intact on the clothing to receive a full refund.

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Words Starting With

RREREF

Words Ending With

DNDUND

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Words Starting With R and Ending With D

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