refund

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
2. (colloquial, transitive) To obtain a refund.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To supply (someone) again with funds.
4. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To pour back (something).

Noun

An amount of money returned.

Synonyms

repay

return

reimburse

reimbursement

repayment

pay

💸

give back

compensate

payback

restore

pay back

revert

send back

rebate

deliver back

render

indemnify

disburse

refundment

refinance

redress

remit

remunerate

repurchase

restoration

salary

security

send

shell out

wage

wages

give change

restituition

repayment money

make reparation

collateral

bring back to

compensation

credit

discount

dividend

drawback

drive away

expiate

give

hand

✋

indemnification

make up

paying

payment

💸

Translations

rimborso

rimborsare

rembourser

remboursement

devolver

reembolso

restituire

reembolso

rifondere

επιστροφή χρημάτων

terugbetaling

επιστρέφω χρήματα

Erstattung

Rückzahlung

erstatten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈfʌnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: refunden

Cognate with French: refondre

In summary

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.