Refund

refund
    n 1: money returned to a payer
    2: the act of returning money received previously [syn:
       {refund}, {repayment}]
    v 1: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: {refund},
         {return}, {repay}, {give back}]
    

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.]
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            Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color,
            they would refund that color upon the object. --Ray.
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   2. To give back; to repay; to restore.
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            A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . .
            sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
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   3. To supply again with funds; to reimburse. [Obs.]
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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.
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83 Moby Thesaurus words for "refund":
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      bank discount, bate, breakage, cash discount, chain discount,
      charge off, charge-off, compensate, compensation, concession, cut,
      deduct, deduction, depreciate, depreciation, discount, drawback,
      give satisfaction, indemnification, indemnify, kick back, kickback,
      make allowance, make amends, make good, make reparation,
      make restitution, make up for, make up to, making good, pay back,
      pay damages, pay in kind, paying back, penalty, penalty clause,
      percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut, quit, rebate,
      rebatement, recompense, recoup, recoupment, redress, reduce,
      reduction, refundment, reimburse, reimbursement, reparation, repay,
      repayment, requital, requite, restitution, retribution, return,
      rollback, salvage, satisfaction, setoff, square, squaring,
      take a premium, take off, tare, time discount, trade discount,
      tret, underselling, write off, write-off