Refund - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Refund :  (noun)
1: money returned to a payer
2: the act of returning money received previously [syn: repayment] (verb)

1: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: return, repay, give back]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged 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.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Refund

herbrm: @easyJetCare great job keeping everyone informed! :-) Is there a workaround for the email exists in the db prob when trying to get a Refund?
Verlonge1: RT @KennyBigDeal: RT @_CoReY: #weareyoungmoney album is so bad imma call itunes for a Refund...who is young money
TTel20: @EUROSTAR1912 will I have a Refund for any flights or buses tikcet bought to cross the Channel?
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