refund
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refund
- /ɹɪˈfʌnd/
- /ˈɹiːfʌnd/
Rhymes with -ʌnd
Where it comes from
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. Not related to fund. See fuse (“to melt”), and compare refound (“to cast again”), and refuse.
verb refunds · refunding · refunded
- 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.
- To obtain a refund. This game sucks, Imma refund it.
- To supply (someone) again with funds. to refund a railroad loan
- To pour back (something). Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object.
noun 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: give back, repayment, return, repay, redeem, redeemability, redemption, recover, recovery, returning, retrieval, reinstatement, reintegrate, restoration, rebate, restore
Translations
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verb to return (money) to (someone)
| Español | reembolsar, devolver, reintegrar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 환불하다 hwanbulhada |
| 日本語 | 払い戻す haraimodosu, 返金する henkin suru |
| 中文 | 退款 tuìkuǎn, 退錢 /退钱 tuìqián, 償還 /偿还 chánghuán |
| Português | reembolsar |
| Français | rembourser |
| Deutsch | erstatten, zurückerstatten |
| Italiano | rimborsare, rifondere, ripagare, restituire |
| Ελληνικά | επιστρέφω χρήματα epistréfo chrímata |
| Română | rambursa, compensa |
| Русский | компенси́ровать kompensírovatʹ, возмеща́ть vozmeščátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | bồi hoàn |
| עברית | החזיר hekhzír, נתן החזר natán hekhzér |
noun amount of money returned
| Español | reembolso, reintegro, devolución |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 환불금 hwanbulgeum, 환불 hwanbul |
| 日本語 | 払い戻し haraimodoshi, 返金 henkin |
| 中文 | 退款 tuìkuǎn |
| Português | reembolso |
| Français | remboursement |
| Deutsch | Erstattung, Rückerstattung, Rückzahlung |
| Italiano | rimborso |
| Ελληνικά | επιστροφή χρημάτων epistrofí chrimáton |
| Română | rambursare |
| Русский | компенса́ция kompensácija, возмеще́ние vozmeščénije, возвра́т vozvrát, возвращённая су́мма vozvraščónnaja súmma |
| Tiếng Việt | tiền thối |
| العربية | إِعَادَة مَال ʔiʕādat māl |
| עברית | הֶחְזֵר hekhzér |
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@misc{refund_2026,
title = {refund},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/refund},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
