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REFUND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of returning money received previously

Synonyms:

refund; repayment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("refund" is a kind of...):

defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)

Derivation:

refund (pay back)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Money returned to a payer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("refund" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refund"):

discount; rebate (a refund of some fraction of the amount paid)

Derivation:

refund (pay back)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pay back

Example:

Please refund me my money

Synonyms:

give back; refund; repay; return

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "refund" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refund"):

reimburse (pay back for some expense incurred)

restitute; restore (give or bring back)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They refund the money to them

They refund them the money

Derivation:

refund (the act of returning money received previously)

refund (money returned to a payer)

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