3 entries under this word

Refund

Re-fūnd′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. REFUNDED; p. pr. & vb. n. REFUNDING.] [Lat. refundere, from re, again, back, and fundere, to pour; Fr. refondre, refonder.]

Sense 1. To pour back. [Rare.]

Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object. Ray.

Sense 2. To return in payment or compensation for what has been taken; to repay; to restore.

A governor, who had pillaged the people, was, for receiving of bribes, sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. L'Estrange.

Rē-fūnd′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Prefix re and fund.] To fund again or anew.

Re-fūnd'er, n.

noun

n. One who refunds.