refund
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English refunden, refounden, from Old French refondre, refonder, refunder (“to restore; pay back”), from Latin refundere; prefix re- (“re-”) + fundere (“to pour”): compare French refondre, refonder. See fuse (“to melt”), and compare refound (“to cast again”), and refuse.
PronunciationEdit
- (verb) enPR: rĭfŭnd', IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfʌnd/
Audio (US) (file) - (noun) enPR: rē'fŭnd', IPA(key): /ˈɹiːfʌnd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌnd
VerbEdit
refund (third-person singular simple present refunds, present participle refunding, simple past and past participle refunded)
- (transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
- If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.
- L'Estrange
- A governor, that had pillaged the people, was […] sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken.
- (transitive, obsolete) To supply again with funds.
- to refund a railroad loan
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pour back.
- Ray
- Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object.
- Ray
TranslationsEdit
to return (money) to (someone)
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NounEdit
refund (plural refunds)
- An amount of money returned.
- If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a full refund.
TranslationsEdit
amount of money returned
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