refund
/ɹɪˈfʌnd/
refund verb: to return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
Verb
refund (third-person singular simple present refunds, present participle refunding, simple past and past participle 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.
- A Governor, that had Pillag'd the People, was […] sentenc'd to Refund what he had Wrongfully Taken.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
- 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.1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC
- When our mutual trance was a little over, and the young fellow had withdrawn that delicious stretcher, with which he had most plentifully drowned all thoughts of revenge in the sense of actual pleasure, the widen'd wounded passage refunded a stream of pearly liquids, which flowed down my thighs...1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
Noun
refund (plural 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.
- RDG explains: "From April 1 2026, the following tickets, Anytime, Off-Peak, Day Travelcards and most Ranger and Rover tickets, will no longer be refundable on the day they become valid for travel." It calls the £40m it thinks it loses "refund abuse", which it explains as "refunds on tickets that...2026 March 18, Philip Haigh, “Tickets please: 2p per scan to offset fraudulent refunds?”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 48
refund meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
refund in Hindi
- धनवापसी, रिफंड
refund in Tamil
- மீளளிப்பு, திருப்பிக் கொடுத்தல்
refund in Marathi
- परतफेड
refund in Urdu
- واپسی, پھیر دینا
More languagesFewer languages
- refund in Bengali
- প্রত্যর্পণ, প্রত্যর্পণ করা
- refund in Telugu
- తిరిగి చెల్లింపు, రీఫండ్
- refund in Malayalam
- മുതൽ മടക്കിക്കൊടുക്കുക, പ്രതിദാനം ചെയ്യുക, തിരിച്ചുകൊടുക്കുക
- refund in Kannada
- ಹಣಹಿಂದಿರುಗಿಸು, ಮರುತೆರು
- refund in Punjabi
- ਰਿਫੰਡਿੰਗ, ਰਿਫੰਡ, ਰਿਫੰਡ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- refund in Gujarati
- રિફંડ
- refund in Arabic
- إِعَادَة مَال ʔiʕādat māl
- refund in Indonesian
- pengembalian uang, pengembalian dana, pengembalian, restitusi
- refund in Vietnamese
- bồi hoàn, tiền thối
Examples of refund in a sentence
- I understand that company policy says I can't get a refund, but can you make an exception?
- Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket.
- He promised to mail me a refund, but it was just a rip-off.
Forms of refund
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | refunds |
| present participle | refunding |
| past participle | refunded |
| past | refunded |
| Noun | |
| plural | refunds |
Origin of refund
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. See fuse (“to melt”), and compare refound (“to cast again”), and refuse.
Words formed from refund
Words that rhyme with refund
Questions about refund
- What does refund mean?
- Refund means to return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
- What is refund in Hindi?
- Refund in Hindi is धनवापसी, रिफंड. See Refund meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is refund?
- Refund can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce refund?
- Refund is pronounced /ɹɪˈfʌnd/.
- What is the past tense of refund?
- The past tense of refund is refunded.
Words near refund in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: refund (page history and authors); refund (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refund (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refund (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refund (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refund (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refund (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refund (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refund (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refund (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refund (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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