Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To give back, especially money; return or repay: refunded the purchase price.
- v. To make repayment.
- n. A repayment of funds.
- n. An amount repaid.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To pour back.
- To return in payment or compensation for what has been taken; repay; restore.
- To resupply with funds; reimburse; indemnify.
- n. Repayment; return of money.
- To fund again or anew, as a public debt.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To return (money) to (someone).
- v. obsolete To supply again with funds; to reimburse.
- v. obsolete, rare To pour back.
- n. An amount of money returned.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund.
- v. R. & Obs. To pour back.
- v. To give back; to repay; to restore.
- v. obsolete To supply again with funds; to reimburse.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of returning money received previously
- n. money returned to a payer
- v. pay back
Etymologies
- Latin refundere; prefix re- re- + fundere to pour: compare French refondre, refonder. See fuse to melt, and compare refound to cast again, and refuse. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English refunden, from Old French refunder, from Latin refundere : re-, re- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The question of a refund is a far, far different thing, however!”
“As long as you have a receipt, a refund is accorded to you with little to no questions.”
“The average income tax refund is up nearly 10% from a year ago, reflecting tax credits included in last year's economic stimulus package, according to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman.”
“But a big refund is no windfall, says Gary Lundberg, product management director for CompleteTax, an online tax software program.”
“So far this year, the average refund is $3,036, up more than $200 from the same period a year earlier.”
“The White House noted Thursday that federal taxes were reduced by $173 billion in 2009 and said that the average tax refund is about 10 percent higher than last year.”
“The White House noted Thursday that federal taxes were reduced by $173 billion in 2009 and said that the average tax refund is about 10 percent higher than last year.”
“So far, Americans who have filed their taxes have discovered that the average refund is up nearly ten percent this year – to an all-time high of about $3,000.”
“If the donations went to the person and not the party then no refund is warranted.”
“DRob, that Michigan deposit refund is such a good motivator, that folks from Ohio come in to collect refunds --- on bottles and cans not bought in Michigan.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘refund’.
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Autantonyms
Words with mutually exclusive double meanings. Also, here are some:
QUASI-AUTANTONYMS: slow up/slow down; bar/debar; bone/debone; burn up/burn down; fat chance/slim chance; fill in/fil...clip, cleave, sanction, handicap, fast, jibe, secrete, aloha, bimonthly, bolt, cheerio, commencement and 141 more...
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Filthy Stinking Rich
Monetary units and other words that mean money. Other financial words are allowed too, as long as they're principally about money. Get it, principally? I kill me.
money, cash, dough, loot, wad, stack, booty, capital, nest egg, treasure, banknote, net and 168 more...
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Libatious Words
worth pouring over
foison, fondant, fondue, font, found, funnel, fusile, libation, fuse, fusion, affusion, circumfuse and 85 more...
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OM2 Lesson 13
unexpected, downtown, window, beg, rollerblade, knee, knee pad, helmet, bunch, skate, bruise, fit and 11 more...
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MEC1 Lesson 112
hop, grab, rip, waylay, tale, alongside, trick, sticker, bumper, lean, pursuit, rear and 38 more...
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Gotta Get Paid
Ways to receive money
paycheck, income, salary, interest, refund, reimbursement, expense, invoice, compensation, settlement, stipend, unemployment and 27 more...
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oroboros Contronymic in the sense: put funds in vs. give funds back. Jan 27, 2007