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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Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
Taken together, any auto tariff changes would be retroactive, allowing automakers to be refunded for prior tariffs paid that would no longer be in effect, according to the WSJ.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
Alecia Reid, CBS News, 4 May 2025
Even with the refund rules announced this past week would only have taken that bill down to $40 billion.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
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Verb
Andrade has said that Florida’s accounting ledger shows the DeSantis administration is refunding the federal government its share of the settlement based on the full $67 million.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
Taken together, any auto tariff changes would be retroactive, allowing automakers to be refunded for prior tariffs paid that would no longer be in effect, according to the WSJ.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
Airlines have been working with passengers to reschedule or refund tickets, but questions are starting to emerge about whether Newark will be able to handle the high volume of flights this summer.
—Alecia Reid, CBS News, 4 May 2025
Even with the refund rules announced this past week would only have taken that bill down to $40 billion.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
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“Refund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refund. Accessed 6 May. 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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