Definitions for: Refund


[n] the act of returning money received previously
[n] money returned to a payer
[v] pay back; "Please refund me my money"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.]

Synonyms: give back, repay, repayment, return

See Also: defrayal, defrayment, discount, pay, payment, payment, rebate, reimburse, restitute, restore

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