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re·fund

(rĭ-fŭnd′, rē′fŭnd′)

v. re·fund·ed, re·fund·ing, re·funds

v.tr.

To give back, especially money; return or repay: refunded the purchase price.

v.intr.

To make repayment.

n. (rē′fŭnd′)

1. A repayment of funds.

2. An amount repaid.

[Middle English refunden, from Old French refunder, from Latin refundere : re-, re- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

re·fund′a·ble adj.

re·fund′er n.

re·fund′ment n.

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refund

vb (tr)

1. (Commerce) to give back (money), as when an article purchased is unsatisfactory

2. (Commerce) to reimburse (a person)

(Commerce) return of money to a purchaser or the amount so returned

[C14: from Latin refundere to pour back, from re- + fundere to pour]

reˈfundable adj

reˈfunder n

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re•fund¹

(v. rɪˈfʌnd, ˈri fʌnd; n. ˈri fʌnd)

v.t.

1. to give back or restore (esp. money); repay.

2. to make repayment to; reimburse.

3. an act or instance of refunding.

4. an amount refunded.

[1350–1400; (v.) < Latin refundere to pour back]

re•fund′a•ble, adj.

re•fund²

(riˈfʌnd)

v.t.

to fund anew.

[1855–60]

refund

- First meant "pour back," and comes from Latin re- and fundere, "to pour."

refund

Past participle: refunded
Gerund: refunding

Imperative
refund
refund

Present
I refund
you refund
he/she/it refunds
we refund
you refund
they refund

Preterite
I refunded
you refunded
he/she/it refunded
we refunded
you refunded
they refunded

Present Continuous
I am refunding
you are refunding
he/she/it is refunding
we are refunding
you are refunding
they are refunding

Present Perfect
I have refunded
you have refunded
he/she/it has refunded
we have refunded
you have refunded
they have refunded

Past Continuous
I was refunding
you were refunding
he/she/it was refunding
we were refunding
you were refunding
they were refunding

Past Perfect
I had refunded
you had refunded
he/she/it had refunded
we had refunded
you had refunded
they had refunded

Future
I will refund
you will refund
he/she/it will refund
we will refund
you will refund
they will refund

Future Perfect
I will have refunded
you will have refunded
he/she/it will have refunded
we will have refunded
you will have refunded
they will have refunded

Future Continuous
I will be refunding
you will be refunding
he/she/it will be refunding
we will be refunding
you will be refunding
they will be refunding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been refunding
you have been refunding
he/she/it has been refunding
we have been refunding
you have been refunding
they have been refunding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been refunding
you will have been refunding
he/she/it will have been refunding
we will have been refunding
you will have been refunding
they will have been refunding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been refunding
you had been refunding
he/she/it had been refunding
we had been refunding
you had been refunding
they had been refunding

Conditional
I would refund
you would refund
he/she/it would refund
we would refund
you would refund
they would refund

Past Conditional
I would have refunded
you would have refunded
he/she/it would have refunded
we would have refunded
you would have refunded
they would have refunded

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Noun 1. [画像:refund - money returned to a payer]refund - money returned to a payer

payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

rebate, discount - a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

2. refund - the act of returning money received previously

repayment

defrayal, defrayment, payment - the act of paying money

Verb 1. refund - pay back; "Please refund me my money"

give back, repay, return

pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"

reimburse - pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"

restitute, restore - give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"

refund

noun

1. repayment, compensation, rebate, reparation, indemnity, reimbursement, return They plan to demand a refund.

verb

1. repay, return, restore, make good, pay back, reimburse, give back She will refund you the purchase price.

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refund

verb

To give back, especially money:

reimburse, repay, restitute.

Translations

إعادَة المال، المَبْلَغ المُعادإِعَادَةُ مالِ يُعيد إلى، يَرُد الماليُعْيدُ مالا

vrácení penězvrátit peníze

refundererefunderingtilbagebetalingbetale tilbage

rückerstatten Rückerstattung Rückzahlung zurückzahlen

επιστρέφω χρήματα επιστροφή χρημάτων

reembolso reintegrar reintegro devolver reembolsar

maksaa takaisintakaisinmaksu

remboursement rembourser ristourne

povrat novcavratiti novac

visszatérítvisszatérítés

endurgreiîaengurgreiîsla

rimborsare rimborso restituire

払い戻し払い戻す

반환금반환하다

grąžinimas

atmaksāt naudunaudas atmaksāšana

terugbetalen terugbetaling

refundere refusjon tilbakebetaling

zwrócić zwrot

reembolsar reembolso

возврат денег возвращать деньги

vrátenie peňazívrátiť peniaze

povračilovrniti

återbetalaåterbetalning

เงินที่คืนให้คืนเงินให้

para iadesi para iadesi yapmak geri ödeme geri vermek iade etmek

hoàn lại tiềntiền hoàn lại

退款偿还

refund

[ˈriːfʌnd]

A. N (= act) → devolución f; (= amount) → reembolso m

B. [rɪˈfʌnd] VT → devolver, reembolsar

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refund

[ˈriːfʌnd]

n → remboursement m
You should ask for a refund → Vous devriez demander un remboursement.
a full refund → un remboursement intégral

[rɪˈfʌnd] vt [+ money] → rembourser

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refund

vt money → zurückzahlen, zurückerstatten ; expenses → erstatten ; postage → vergüten, zurückerstatten ; to refund the difference → die Differenz erstatten

n (of money) → Rückzahlung f, → Rückerstattung f; (of expenses) → Erstattung f; (of postage) → Vergütung f; to get a refund (on something) → sein Geld (für etw) wiederbekommen ; they wouldn’t give me a refund → man wollte mir das Geld nicht zurückgeben ; I’d like a refund on this blouse, please → ich hätte gern mein Geld für diese Bluse zurück ; we will send (you) a refund → wir senden Ihnen das Geld zurück

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refund

[n ˈriːˌfʌnd; vb rɪˈfʌnd]

1. n → rimborso

2. vt → rimborsare
to refund sb's expenses → rimborsare qn

refund

(riˈfand) verb

to pay back. When the concert was cancelled, the people who had bought tickets had their money refunded. terugbetaal يُعيد إلى، يَرُد المال възстановявам reembolsar vrátit peníze zurückzahlen refundere; betale tilbage επιστρέφω χρήματα reembolsar tagasi maksma باز پرداخت کردن؛ پس دادن hyvittää rembourser לְהַחֲזִיר כֶּסֶף वापस करना refundirati, vratiti novac visszatérít membayar kembali endurgreiða rimborsare 払い戻す 변상하다 grąžinti (pinigus) atmaksāt naudu membayar balik terugbetalen betale tilbake, refundere zwrócić بيرته وركول، بيرته وركونه reembolsar a rambursa возвращать vrátiť peniaze vrniti (denar) refundirati återbetala คืนเงินให้ geri vermek, iade etmek 退費 повертати, відшкодовувати رقم واپس لوٹانا trả lại 退款,偿还

(ˈriːfand) noun

the paying back of money. They demanded a refund. terugbetaling إعادَة المال، المَبْلَغ المُعاد възстановяване reembolso vrácení peněz die Rückzahlung refundering; tilbagebetaling επιστροφή χρημάτων reembolso tagasimaksmine بازپرداخت hyvitys remboursement הֶחזֵר כֶּסֶף वापसी, धन वापसी, दुबारा अदायगी povrat novca visszatérítés pembayaran kembali engurgreiðsla rimborso 払い戻し 변상 (pinigų) grąžinimas naudas atmaksāšana pembayaran balik terugbetaling tilbakebetaling, refusjon zwrot بيرته وركونه reembolso rambursare возврат vrátenie peňazí povračilo povraćaj novca återbetalning การคืนเงินให้ geri ödeme, para iadesi 退費 відшкодування; сплата رقم کی واپسی số tiền trả lại 退款

refund

→ إِعَادَةُ مالِ , يُعْيدُ مالا vrácení peněz, vrátit peníze refundere, refundering rückerstatten , Rückerstattung επιστρέφω χρήματα , επιστροφή χρημάτων reintegrar , reintegro maksaa takaisin, takaisinmaksu remboursement , rembourser povrat novca, vratiti novac rimborsare , rimborso 払い戻し, 払い戻す 반환금, 반환하다 terugbetalen , terugbetaling refundere , refusjon zwrócić , zwrot reembolsar , reembolso возврат денег , возвращать деньги återbetala, återbetalning เงินที่คืนให้, คืนเงินให้ para iadesi , para iadesi yapmak hoàn lại tiền, tiền hoàn lại 退款

Can I have a refund? → هَلْ يُـمْكِنُ أَنْ أَسْتَرُدَّ الـمَالَ؟ → Budou mi vráceny peníze? → Kan jeg få den refunderet? → Kann ich eine Rückerstattung haben? → Μπορώ να έχω επιστροφή χρημάτων; → Quisiera que me hiciera un reembolso → Voinko saada rahat takaisin? → Je peux avoir un remboursement ? → Mogu li dobiti povrat novca? → Posso avere un rimborso? → 払い戻してもらえますか? → 환불할 수 있나요? → Mag ik mijn geld terug? → Kan jeg få tilbake pengene? → Czy mogę prosić o zwrot kosztów? → O senhor pode me reembolsar? → Я могу получить деньги назад? → Kan jag få pengarna tillbaka? → ฉันจะได้เงินคืนไหม? → Paramı geri alabilir miyim? → Tôi muốn lấy lại tiền có được không? → 我能退票吗?

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He suggested that the Vicar should lend him a hundred and fifty pounds paid over the next eighteen months in monthly instalments; he would pay interest on this and promised to refund the capital by degrees when he began to earn money.

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"I have been at some small expense over this matter, which I shall expect the bank to refund, but beyond that I am amply repaid by having had an experience which is in many ways unique, and by hearing the very remarkable narrative of the Red-headed League."

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to add, that it refunded the money with the greatest liberality, at the first demand.

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Friendly negotiations, which have only just now terminated, have been proceeding since this instrument came into our hands, and, as there is no doubt of its authenticity, and the witnesses have been discovered (after some trouble), the money has been refunded. Madeline has therefore obtained her right, and is, or will be, when either of the contingencies which I have mentioned has arisen, mistress of this fortune.

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Augustine's account, who had received the profits for above fourteen years; but not being able to account for what was disposed of by the hospital, very honestly declared he had eight hundred and seventy-two moidores not distributed, which he acknowledged to my account: as to the king's part, that refunded nothing.

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According to an official statement of FBR, it is highlighted that only nine refund claims of five export-oriented sectors were received by August 30, and the payment has been made against the claims that were cleared by the risk management system of FASTER module.

Exporters get Rs22bn refunds via new system

It is highlighted that only 9 refund claims of five exporter-oriented sectors were received by Friday, the 30th August, 2019, and the payment has been made against the claim that was cleared by the risk management system of FASTER module.

FBR makes 1st payment against refund claims through FASTER module

The newly developed refund payment system is known as FASTER that would enable the payments of the verified claims within 72 hours, said Hameed Memon Chief Policy Sales Tax of FBR.

FBR develops new software to expedite refund claims

The new mechanism will help avoid cash flow restraints faced by exporters' after the withdrawal of 'no tax no refund' in the budget for the present fiscal year and imposition on 17 per cent sales tax on exporters.

FBR new rules to expedite refund claims processing

40 to 60 billion rupees worth of refund claims through this scheme and it has finalized around 600 refund claimants who can Sales Tax Refund payments through Refund Bonds.

CDC set to facilitate 600 businesses to get their refund claims

The accused's duty was to receive travellers refund documents and use the username and password in the company system to refund money to travellers.

Airport clerk stole Dh70,000 in VAT refunds

Many are blaming President Donald Trump and Republicans for their shrinking refund. Some on Twitter have even said they voted for Trump but won't do so again after seeing their refund slashed.

Millions of Americans could be surprised as their tax refunds shrink

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