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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFUND', v.t. [L. refundo; re and fundo, to pour.]
1. To pour back.
Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object. [Unusual or obsolete.]
2. To repay; to return in payment or compensation for what has been taken; to restore; as, to refund money taken wrongfully; to refund money advanced with interest; to refund the amount advanced.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: money returned to a payer
2: the act of returning money received previously [syn: refund, repayment] v
1: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English refounden, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French refunder, from Latin refundere, literally, to pour back, from re- + fundere to pour — more at found Date: 15th century 1. to give or put back 2. to return (money) in restitution, repayment, or balancing of accounts • refundability noun • refundable adjective II. noun Date: 1866 1. the act of refunding 2. a sum refunded III. transitive verb Etymology: re- + ²fund Date: circa 1860 to fund again

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Derivatives: refundable adj. refunder n. Etymology: ME in sense 'pour back', f. OF refonder or L refundere (as RE-, fundere pour), later assoc. with FUND

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Refund Re*fund" (r?*f?nd"), 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Refund Re*fund" (r?*f?nd"), 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.] 1. To pour back. [R. & Obs.] Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object. --Ray. 2. To give back; to repay; to restore. A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. --L'Estrange. 3. To supply again with funds; to reimburse. [Obs.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(refunded) 1. A refund is a sum of money which is returned to you, for example because you have paid too much or because you have returned goods to a shop. N-COUNT 2. If someone refunds your money, they return it to you, for example because you have paid too much or because you have returned goods to a shop. We guarantee to refund your money if you're not delighted with your purchase... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Repay, reimburse, pay back, restore. 2. Return, repay, restore, give back.

Moby Thesaurus

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