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refunding

refunding is the present participle and gerund of refund.

Meaning of refund

Verb

refund (third-person singular simple present refunds, present participle refunding, simple past and past participle refunded)

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To obtain a refund.
    • This game sucks, Imma refund it.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To supply (someone) again with funds.
    • to refund a railroad loan
  4. (obsolete, rare, transitive) 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

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Noun

refunding (plural refundings)

  1. The return of money paid; a refund.
    • But the same net amount of debt extension through cash offerings or regular refundings might be achieved in a variety of different combinations of securities and maturities […]1965, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, Hearings, page 29

Forms of refunding

pluralrefundings

Questions about refunding

What does refunding mean?
Refunding means the return of money paid; a refund.
What is refunding the present participle and gerund of?
Refunding is the present participle and gerund of refund.
What part of speech is refunding?
Refunding is a noun.
What is the plural of refunding?
The plural of refunding is refundings.

Words near refunding in the dictionary

  1. refunded
  2. refundee
  3. refundees
  4. refunder
  5. refunders
  6. refunding
  7. refundings
  8. refundment
  9. refundments
  10. refunds
  11. refunnel

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