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REFUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refund mean?
• REFUND (noun)
The noun REFUND has 2 senses:
2. the act of returning money received previously
Familiarity information: REFUND used as a noun is rare.
• REFUND (verb)
The verb REFUND has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: REFUND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Money returned to a payer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("refund" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refund"):
discount; rebate (a refund of some fraction of the amount paid)
Derivation:
refund (pay back)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of returning money received previously
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
refund; repayment
Hypernyms ("refund" is a kind of...):
defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)
Derivation:
refund (pay back)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: refunded
Past participle: refunded
-ing form: refunding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pay back
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
give back; refund; repay; return
Context example:
Please refund me my money
Hypernyms (to "refund" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refund"):
reimburse (pay back for some expense incurred)
restitute; restore (give or bring back)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They refund the money to them
They refund them the money
Derivation:
refund (the act of returning money received previously)
refund (money returned to a payer)
Context examples
This year, you may receive a large tax refund in one sum that you can save or use to pay down debt.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I have been at some small expense over this matter, which I shall expect the bank to refund, but beyond that I am amply repaid by having had an experience which is in many ways unique, and by hearing the very remarkable narrative of the Red-headed League.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And he desired to know, Whether such zealous gentlemen could have any views of refunding themselves for the charges and trouble they were at by sacrificing the public good to the designs of a weak and vicious prince, in conjunction with a corrupted ministry?
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
If you have not filed your taxes, this new moon will motivate you to get together with your accountant—you might see a refund!
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
After March 24, you may receive venture capital for your business, or you could receive a large commission or tax refund.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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