Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Refund"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Refund \Re*fund"\ (r?*f?nd"), v. t. [Pref. re- + fund.]
To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new
fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Refund \Re*fund"\ (r?*f?nd"), v. t. [L. refundere; pref. re- re-
+ fundere to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See {Fuse} to
melt, and cf. {Refound} to cast again, 1st {Refuse}.]
1. To pour back. [R. & Obs.]
Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color,
they would refund that color upon the object. --Ray.
2. To give back; to repay; to restore.
A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . .
sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken.
--L'Estrange.
3. To supply again with funds; to reimburse. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
refund
n 1: money returned to a payer
2: the act of returning money received previously [syn: {repayment}]
v : pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: {return}, {repay},
{give back}]
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