refunded; refunding; refunds
1
: to give or put back
2
: to return (money) in restitution, repayment, or balancing of accounts
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Examples of refund in a Sentence
Verb (1)
will refund you your money
Noun
No refunds or exchanges are allowed.
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Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Sales estimates were at just 25,000 copies, and Sony had to then refund all of those.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2024
Losing triggers a refund as five (5) bonus bets, each worth 20 percent of the original wager.
—Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Verb
This protection refunds your entry back up to $20 if your contest loses.
—Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Sales estimates were at just 25,000 copies, and Sony had to then refund all of those.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
Violators may be removed from the concert without a refund.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2024
Losing triggers a refund as five (5) bonus bets, each worth 20 percent of the original wager.
—Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Refund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refund. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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refund
2 of 3 noun
re·fund
ˈrē-ˌfənd 
1
: the act of refunding
2
: an amount of money refunded
refund
3 of 3 verb
re·fund
(ˈ)rē-ˈfənd
: to fund a debt again
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