Definition of Refund

1. Verb. Pay back. "They refund them the money"; "Please refund me my money"

Exact synonyms: Give Back, Repay, Return
Generic synonyms: Pay
Specialized synonyms: Reimburse, Restitute, Restore
Derivative terms: Repayment, Repayment

2. Noun. Money returned to a payer.
Generic synonyms: Payment
Specialized synonyms: Discount, Rebate

3. Noun. The act of returning money received previously.
Exact synonyms: Repayment
Generic synonyms: Defrayal, Defrayment, Payment
Derivative terms: Repay, Repay

Definition of Refund

1. v. t. To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.

2. v. t. To pour back.

Definition of Refund

1. Verb. (transitive) To return (money) to (someone). ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) To supply again with funds; to reimburse. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete rare) To pour back. ¹

4. Noun. An amount of money returned. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Refund

1. to give back [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refund

refugeehood
refugeeism
refugeeisms
refugees
refuges
refugia
refuging
refugium
refujew
refujews
refulgence
refulgences
refulgency
refulgent
refulgently
refund (current term)
refundabilities
refundability
refundable
refunded
refundee
refundees
refunder
refunders
refunding
refundment
refundments
refunds
refunnel
refunneled

Literary usage of Refund

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in 1998: Report of the Joint edited by William Roth, Bill Archer (2000)
"Levy prohibited during pendency of refund proceedings (sec. 3433 of the Act and sec. 6331 of the Code) Present and Prior Law The IRS is prohibited from ..."

2. Public Utilities Reports by Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols, Public Utilities Reports, inc (1918)
"April 13, 1918, order authorizing the Idaho Power Company to refund to the Gem ... 20, 1918, order authorizing refund for excessive freight charges. ..."

3. Evaluating Economic Instruments for Environmental Policy by Stephen Smith, Hans B. Vos (1997)
"6.2 Deposit-refund systems for drinks containers Evaluations of ... 1n many countries in Europe, deposit-refund systems have been introduced to prevent ..."

4. The Transfer Tax Law of the State of New York: Being Sections 220 to 245 by George Washington McElroy (1909)
"284) (§ 225, formerly §6), was amended so as to confer upon the surrogate the .power to modify or reverse an order by directing a refund of the moneys paid, ..."

5. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"A statute which provides accrued interest to the bonded debt, that "in all cases where counties or and refund both principal and interest. cities have ..."

6. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1921)
"463) entitled "An act making an appropriation to refund to the estate of John Carow moneys erroneously paid into the State treasury as an inheritance tax," ..."

7. The Congressional Globe ...: 23d Congress to the 42d Congress, Dec. 2, 1833 ...by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey (1872)
"710) to refund certain, paid by lh« Winona and St. Peters Railroad ... 2973) to refund, paid on ' goods, wares, and merchandise remaining in bond or stores ..."

8. A Treatise on the Power and Duty of an Arbitrator, and the Law of by Francis Russell (1878)
"On one occasion, indeed, the court granted a rule nisi, u^t"0 calling on an arbitrator to refund the difference between the xo attach- sum he obtained from ..."

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