refund

v., -fund·ed, -fund·ing, -funds.

v.tr.

To give back, especially money; return or repay: refunded the purchase price.

v.intr.

To make repayment.

n. (rē'fŭnd')

1. A repayment of funds.
2. An amount repaid.

[Middle English refunden, from Old French refunder, from Latin refundere : re-, re- + fundere, to pour.]

refundable re·fund'a·ble adj.
refunder re·fund'er n.
refundment re·fund'ment n.

A payment from the government for an individual's overpaid taxes. An individual in this situation is said to be "over-withholding". Federal income tax refunds are not taxable.

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In short, when the government owes you back some of the taxes you paid throughout the year.

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Bonds: retirement of an existing bond issue through the sale of a new bond issue. When interest rates have fallen, issuers may want to exercise the Call Feature of a bond and replace it with another debt instrument paying a lower interest rate. See also Prerefunding.

Commerce: return of merchandise for money. For example, a consumer who is not happy with a product has the right to return it for a refund of his money.

Taxes: see Tax Refund.

verb

To give back, especially money: reimburse, repay, restitute. See pay/owe.

IN BRIEF: To give back money in repayment.

We will refund the full price if you are not satisfied.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - refundere, betale tilbage
v. intr. - foretage tilbagebetaling
n. - tilbagebetaling

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugbetalen, terugbetaling, opnieuw financieren

Français (French)
v. tr. - rembourser, restituer
v. intr. - rembourser, restituer
n. - remboursement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rückerstattung, Rückzahlung
v. - erstatten, zurückzahlen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικον.) απόδοση, επιστροφή (χρημάτων)
v. - αποδίδω ή επιστρέφω χρήματα

Italiano (Italian)
rimborsare, rimborso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - devolução (m), reembolso (m)
v. - devolver, restituir

Русский (Russian)
возместить, возвращать, возмещение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reembolsar, reintegrar, devolver
v. intr. - reembolsar, reintegrar, devolver
n. - reembolso, devolución, reintegro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - återbetalning, gottgörelse
v. - återbetala, gottgöra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
退还, 归还, 偿还, 退款, 偿还金额

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 退還, 歸還, 償還
v. intr. - 退還, 歸還, 償還
n. - 退還, 退款, 償還, 償還金額

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 환불하다, 돈을 갚다
v. intr. - 반제하다
n. - 반제 , 환불 , 상환

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 返済, 返済額
v. - 新たに積み立てる, 借り換える, 返済する, 賠償する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقود مسترجعه (فعل) يعيد نقود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השקיע מחדש, החזיר כסף‬
v. intr. - ‮שילם בחזרה, החזיר כסף‬
n. - ‮החזר (של תשלום)‬

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