refund Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun money returned to a payer
  2. noun the act of returning money received previously
    repayment.
  3. verb pay back
    repay; return; give back.
    • Please refund me my money

WordNet

Re*fund" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. re- + fund.
Definitions
  1. To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
Re*fund" transitive verb
Etymology
L. refundere; pref. re- re- + fundere to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Refound to cast again, 1st Refuse.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913