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refund verb

• pay back (money), typically to a customer who is not satisfied with goods or services bought.
• "if you're not delighted with your purchase, we guarantee to refund your money in full"
Similar: repay, give back, return, pay back, restore, replace, make good, reimburse, compensate, recompense, square accounts with, settle up with, make restitution/amends to, recoup, remunerate, indemnify,

refund noun

• a repayment of a sum of money.
• "you may be allowed to claim a refund of the tax"
Similar: repayment, reimbursement, restitution, reparation, rebate, indemnity, indemnification,
Origin: late Middle English (in the senses ‘pour back’ and ‘restore’): from Old French refonder or Latin refundere, from re- ‘back’ + fundere ‘pour’, later associated with the verb fund. The noun dates from the mid 19th century.


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