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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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Guests who purchased tickets for upcoming rides on the Marigalante will be fully refunded, per the ship company’s website.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
They will be given the option to either travel or receive a 40 percent refund on their season ticket.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back what was seized from the machines.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Guests who purchased tickets for upcoming rides on the Marigalante will be fully refunded, per the ship company’s website.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
Consumers can return the dog food to the original place of purchase for a refund or dispose of it, the alert says.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
They will be given the option to either travel or receive a 40 percent refund on their season ticket.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Refund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refund. Accessed 18 Oct. 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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