refund

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=fund
• COUNT in NET: 4 in 4 verses (in OT : 4 in 4 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

refund, v. t. [Pref. re- + fund.].

 To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.  [1913 Webster]

refund, v. t. [L. refundere; pref. re- re- + fundere to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Refound to cast again, 1st Refuse.].

•  To pour back.  [1913 Webster]

  "Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object."  [1913 Webster]
•  To give back; to repay; to restore.  [1913 Webster]

  "A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken."  [1913 Webster]
•  To supply again with funds; to reimburse.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

refund, v. & n.
--v. tr. (also absol.)
1 pay back (money or expenses).
2 reimburse (a person).
--n.
1 an act of refunding.
2 a sum refunded; a repayment.

Derivative

refundable adj. refunder n.

Etymology

ME in sense 'pour back', f. OF refonder or L refundere (as RE-, fundere pour), later assoc. with FUND

THESAURUS

refund

abate, abatement, agio, allow, allowance, amends, atone, atonement, bank discount, bate, breakage, cash discount, chain discount, charge off, charge-off, compensate, compensation, concession, cut, deduct, deduction, depreciate, depreciation, discount, drawback, give satisfaction, indemnification, indemnify, kick back, kickback, make allowance, make amends, make good, make reparation, make restitution, make up for, make up to, making good, pay back, pay damages, pay in kind, paying back, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut, quit, rebate, rebatement, recompense, recoup, recoupment, redress, reduce, reduction, refundment, reimburse, reimbursement, reparation, repay, repayment, requital, requite, restitution, retribution, return, rollback, salvage, satisfaction, setoff, square, squaring, take a premium, take off, tare, time discount, trade discount, tret, underselling, write off, write-off

ROGET THESAURUS

refund

Payment

VB pay, defray, make payment, paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance, cash, honor a bill, acknowledge, redeem, pay in kind, pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing, pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs, do the needful, shell out, fork out, cough up, fork over, come down with, come down with the dust, tickle the palm, grease the palm, expend, put down, lay down, discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of, foot the bill, account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with, strike a balance, settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with, quit scores, wipe off old scores, clear off old scores, satisfy, pay in full, satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands, clear, liquidate, pay up, pay old debts, disgorge, make repayment, repay, refund, reimburse, retribute, make compensation, pay by credit card, put it on the plastic.