refunded; refunding; refunds
1
: to give or put back
2
: to return (money) in restitution, repayment, or balancing of accounts
Examples of refund in a Sentence
Verb (1)
will refund you your money
Noun
No refunds or exchanges are allowed.
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
Still, most will refund the fare difference.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
And a lot of the airlines are now allowing these refunds because of that.
—ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Cuomo has received about $1,100 in foreign donations, with half being refunded.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
Still, most will refund the fare difference.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
Passengers can check their flight status and current refund and fee reduction offers on the carrier’s website.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
And a lot of the airlines are now allowing these refunds because of that.
—ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Refund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refund. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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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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