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/rɪfˈənd/ /rˈifˌənd/ Listen

verb

Refund v. t. To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.

Refund v. t.

To pour back. (R. & Obs.) "Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object."

To give back; to repay; to restore. "A governor, that had pillaged the people, was... sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken."

To supply again with funds; to reimburse. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Refund" Quotes from Famous Books

... money now, but he reflected that he should probably need it all, especially if he did not succeed in making the professor refund, and decided that it would be well ...

— The Young Musician - or, Fighting His Way • Horatio Alger

... moment I should advise you to refund the money, but I do not know if such advice is wise. The fact is, neither you nor I are sufficiently versed in financial matters to know what is customary in such cases. What does your ...

— A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill • Alice Hegan Rice

... "I can't, so I can't. Thank you, Winnie and Norma, for the lovely invitation, and please let me put it down to my credit account? I would like a refund," and she laughed her irresistible explosive outburst, in which the whole party joined, whether ...

— The Girl Scout Pioneers - or Winning the First B. C. • Lillian C Garis

... superior to their own. Retiring, therefore, summon all our Chiefs To consultation on the sum of all, 895 Whether (should heaven so prosper us) to rush Impetuous on the gallant barks of Greece, Or to retreat secure; for much I dread Lest the Achaians punctually refund All yesterday's arrear, since yonder Chief[15] 900 Insatiable with battle still abides Within the fleet, nor longer, as I judge, Will rest a mere spectator of the field. So spake Polydamas, whose safe advice Pleased Hector; from his chariot down he leap'd 905 All arm'd, and in wing'd ...

— The Iliad of Homer - Translated into English Blank Verse • Homer

... comedians to go on the stage intoxicated, which is an unpardonable offense, and for which such persons should be driven out of the show business. If an actor would dare do such a thing in a company directed by me, I would go before the curtain and denounce him to the audience and refund the price of admission. An actor who would do a thing like that is called a "ham," which means a common person with no mentality or breeding,—a type that is practically extinct ...

— The Art of Stage Dancing - The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession • Ned Wayburn

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