refunded; refunding; refunds
1
: to give or put back
2
: to return (money) in restitution, repayment, or balancing of accounts
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Examples of refund in a Sentence
Verb (1)
will refund you your money
Noun
No refunds or exchanges are allowed.
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024
In such cases, your credit card issuer may refund the purchase.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
There’s still time to lower your taxes or boost your refund for 2024, financial experts say.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
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Verb
In those cases, sales for games not played were refunded to buyers or rolled over to next year ticket sales at fans’ requests.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024
In such cases, your credit card issuer may refund the purchase.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
Under the proposal, a property owner could apply for this refund once every tax year.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
There’s still time to lower your taxes or boost your refund for 2024, financial experts say.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Refund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refund. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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refund
2 of 3 noun
re·fund
ˈrē-ˌfənd 
1
: the act of refunding
2
: an amount of money refunded
refund
3 of 3 verb
re·fund
(ˈ)rē-ˈfənd
: to fund a debt again
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