Thesaurus results for REFUND

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verb

ri-ˈfənd

Definition of refund

as in to reimburse

to make a return payment to will refund you your money

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Verb

Crucially, $73 billion of that was refunded in Q2—which Kwon says will now show up in quarterly earnings disclosures as a 3% boost to earnings across the S&P 500. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 July 2026 When an item was purchased from a combination store and returned to a standalone store (or vice versa), the company's POS system didn't immediately recognize that the original sale may have already been refunded, according to court documents. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Noun

Most eligible customers should have received an automatic refund from Amazon in November or December 2025. — Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026 Earlier in July, Hinojosa announced her plan to get money back in Texans’ pockets in the form of refund checks. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for refund

Recent Examples of Synonyms for refund

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If won rather than settled, the class action lawsuit would have seen hundreds of thousands residents receiving direct, one-time payments from the county, intended to reimburse excessive funds paid on 2023 property taxes.

— Ilana Arougheti July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
The court denied Cher's request to be fully reimbursed for her legal fees.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 23 July 2026

Definition of reimburse

Noun

Federal rules only require those who accept improper gifts to make a prompt reimbursement, but Shaub and the other experts said Carr and Gomez should have abstained from the vote.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Physicians who offer counseling on quitting cigarettes or other tobacco products during visits with patients would get a 19% increase in reimbursement, according to a few paragraphs buried in the 1,592-page document released this week.

— Sarah Todd, STAT, 17 July 2026

Definition of reimbursement

Verb

Either owner of a joint savings account may be able to withdraw all the funds depending on the account agreement and state law, and both holders of a joint credit card are generally on the hook for repaying the debt regardless of who charged it.

— Ashley Lynch July 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Beijing has been a major foreign investor in Angola — Africa’s top recipient of Chinese loans — since the turn of the century, pioneering what came to be known as the Angola Model, in which Luanda repaid its Chinese loans with oil exports.

— Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of repay

Noun

Major federal student loan repayment changes took effect July 1, 2026, impacting current and future borrowers.

— Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The suit was filed ahead of an October deadline to finish the project or risk lenders’ demand for repayment from LINXS, according to the complaint.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of repayment

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