refund
/ɹɪˈfʌnd/ · verb
Meaning
- To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
- To obtain a refund.
- To supply (someone) again with funds.
- To pour back (something).
- An amount of money returned.
Etymology / 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.
- refondre(French)→
- refundere(Latin)→
- refondre(fro)→
- refunden(enm)→
- *ǵʰewd-(ine-pro)→
- refund (English)
- Relations: root, inh, uder, uder, cog
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