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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

... given to me, and I have placed as a refund to the credit of the Receiver-General, $12,730.55. This arises from the fact that owing to the proximity of the buffalo, many of the Indians did not ...

— The Treaties of Canada with The Indians of Manitoba - and the North-West Territories • Alexander Morris

... Grace. "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 willingly or ...

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

... not so far forgotten myself as to be one of you to-day, I would probably have never seen the inside of such a place as this. Whatever expense you may have encountered in my behalf, this night, Mr. Clinton, consider me accountable for, and ready to refund at ...

— The Brother Clerks - A Tale of New-Orleans • Xariffa

... the President, they had for twelve months received and expended the revenue from customs. They learned now that this was wrong; they learned not only that they were to receive no more, but that they must refund what they had already spent; and the total sum amounting to about $25,000, and there being less than $20,000 in the treasury, they learned that they were bankrupt. And with the next breath the President reassured them; time was to ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... been cheated, and partly moved by the gentleman's account of Rome as the widest field for an artist to display his talents, went with him, and lodged in his house, near the palace of the Cardinal." S. Giorgio compelled Messer Baldassare to refund the 200 ducats, and to take the Cupid back. But Michelangelo got nothing beyond his original price; and both Condivi and Vasari blame the Cardinal for having been a dull and unsympathetic patron to the young artist of genius he had brought from Florence. Still the ...

— The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti • John Addington Symonds

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