REFUND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does refund mean? 

• REFUND (noun)
  The noun REFUND has 2 senses:

1. money returned to a payer

2. the act of returning money received previously

  Familiarity information: REFUND used as a noun is rare.

• REFUND (verb)
  The verb REFUND has 1 sense:

1. pay back

  Familiarity information: REFUND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Money returned to a payer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("refund" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refund"):

discount; rebate (a refund of some fraction of the amount paid)

Derivation:

refund (pay back)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of returning money received previously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

refund; repayment

Hypernyms ("refund" is a kind of...):

defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)

Derivation:

refund (pay back)

• REFUND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they refund    ... he / she / it refunds   
Past simple: refunded   
Past participle: refunded   
-ing form: refunding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pay back

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

give back; refund; repay; return

Context example:

Please refund me my money

Hypernyms (to "refund" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refund"):

reimburse (pay back for some expense incurred)

restitute; restore (give or bring back)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They refund the money to them
They refund them the money

Derivation:

refund (the act of returning money received previously)

refund (money returned to a payer)

 Context examples 

This year, you may receive a large tax refund in one sum that you can save or use to pay down debt.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I have been at some small expense over this matter, which I shall expect the bank to refund, but beyond that I am amply repaid by having had an experience which is in many ways unique, and by hearing the very remarkable narrative of the Red-headed League.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And he desired to know, Whether such zealous gentlemen could have any views of refunding themselves for the charges and trouble they were at by sacrificing the public good to the designs of a weak and vicious prince, in conjunction with a corrupted ministry?

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

If you have not filed your taxes, this new moon will motivate you to get together with your accountant—you might see a refund!

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

After March 24, you may receive venture capital for your business, or you could receive a large commission or tax refund.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)