refund
pronunciation
How to pronounce refund in British English:
UK [ˈriːfʌnd , rɪˈfʌnd]
How to pronounce refund in American English:
US [ˈriːfʌnd , rɪˈfʌnd]
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- Noun:
- money returned to a payer
- the act of returning money received previously
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- Verb:
- pay back
Word Origin
- refund (v.)
- "to give back, restore," early 15c. (earlier "to pour back," late 14c.), from Old French refunder "restore" and directly from Latin refundere "give back, restore, return," literally "pour back, flow back," from re- "back" (see re-) + fundere "to pour" (see found (v.2)). Specifically of money from 1550s. Related: Refunded; refunding.
- refund (n.)
- "a return of money paid," 1782, from refund (v.).
Example
- 1. Her books were unreadable and no refund was offered .
- 2. For now , the likes of citigroup and american international group need to pay enough talented people to get them out of trouble and refund taxpayers .
- 3. Other subsidies , such as a refund on value-added taxes for chinese companies buying domestically produced equipment , were not prohibited under wto rules , the official said .
- 4. Zhou ze , a beijing-based civil rights lawyer , had demanded china mobile refund rmb 1200 because of the allegedly " unfair " extra monthly rmb 50 rental fee charged to high-end customers who do not use prepaid phone cards .
- 5. A non-nostalgic fan should go for the refund .