refund

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Money that is given back to you, usually because you returned something.

   If the camera is faulty, you can return it for a full refund.

2. 2
   verb

   To give someone their money back.

   The store refunded the difference when she found a lower price.

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.

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