| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·fund |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -f nd , r fnd |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: re·fund·ed, re·fund·ing, re·funds
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To give back, especially money; return or repay: refunded the purchase price. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To make repayment. | | NOUN: | (rfnd)1. A repayment of funds. 2. An amount repaid. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English refunden, from Old French refunder, from Latin refundere : re-, re- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·funda·ble —ADJECTIVE
re·funder —NOUN
re·fundment —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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