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Added 9 October 2026

refund

/ɹɪˈfʌnd/ noun

Latin root: refundere Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about refund at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Money returned to a payer.
The act of returning money received previously.

verb

Pay back.
Please refund me my money

Origin

From Middle English refunden, refounden, from Old French refondre, refonder, refunder (“to restore; pay back”), from Latin refundere; prefix re- (“re-”) + fundere (“to pour”): compare French refondre, refonder. See fuse (“to melt”), and compare refound (“to cast again”), and refuse.

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