Refund

//ɹɪˈfʌnd// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    the act of returning money received previously wordnet
  3. 3
    money returned to a payer wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse. transitive

    "If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we’ll refund you the difference."

  2. 2
    pay back wordnet
  3. 3
    To obtain a refund. colloquial, transitive

    "This game sucks, Imma refund it."

  4. 4
    To supply (someone) again with funds. obsolete, transitive

    "to refund a railroad loan"

  5. 5
    To pour back (something). obsolete, rare, transitive

    "Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object."

Synonyms

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abateabatementagioallowallowanceamends

Example

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"I lost my receipt. Can I still get a refund?"

Etymology

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.

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