refund

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   pay back

   Please refund me my money

2. 2
   verb

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   To obtain a refund.

   This game sucks, Imma refund it.

4. 4
   verb

   To supply (someone) again with funds.

   to refund a railroad loan

5. 5
   verb

   To pour back (something).

   Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   the act of returning money received previously

8. 8
   noun

   money returned to a payer

Etymology

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.