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Refund
Pronunciation : Re*fund" (r*fnd")
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. re- + fund.]
Definition : Defn: To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Re*fund" (r*fnd")
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. refundere; pref. re- re- + fundere to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Refound to cast again, 1st Refuse.]
Definition : 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.]
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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