English Dictionary: refund | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Refund \Re*fund"\ (r?*f?nd"), v. t. [Pref. re- + fund.] To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Refund \Re*fund"\ (r?*f?nd"), v. t. [L. refundere; pref. re- re- + fundere to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See {Fuse} to melt, and cf. {Refound} to cast again, 1st {Refuse}.] 1. To pour back. [R. & Obs.] Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object. --Ray. 2. To give back; to repay; to restore. A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. --L'Estrange. 3. To supply again with funds; to reimburse. [Obs.] |