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单词 refund
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refundn.

Brit. /ˈriːfʌnd/, U.S. /ˈriˌfənd/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: refund v.1
Etymology: < refund v.1 Compare earlier refunding n.1 N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (rĭfɒ·nd) /rɪˈfʌnd/. Pronunciation with stress on the first syllable is given as an alternative in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1934) and subsequent dictionaries.
A repayment; the return of money paid.
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society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > repayment
again-gift1340
repayment1421
recompense1439
refoundiment1555
paying back1598
refaction1640
refundment1665
refund1711
recouperation1865
recoup1904
balloon1972
1711 Taxes not Grievous 8 A Refund is allow'd in the Price of the Commodity, where Leather is part of the Composition.
1794 Table Acts of Parl. 49 in Coll. Statutes East India Company If they shall be dispossessed by foreign power, they are to have a rateable abatement, or refund.
1815 Times 31 Jan. 1/5 (advt.) Refund of property tax, deducted from the BAT and forage money.
1866 Morning Star 6 Mar. 6/3 He instituted this suit to obtain a refund of the sum.
1884 Harper's Mag. June 42/1 That claims for drawback or refund be paid upon due proof only.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 2 May 2/1 The British manufacturer, after paying duty on the whole leaf, takes back the stalk to the Custom House and receives a full refund.
1938 Foreign Service Feb. 58/3 A former World War officer recently made a refund of $5.00 to the state conscience fund in Pennsylvania, a 20-year debt for equipment.
1955 Times 15 July 15/2 Our claims for refund of taxation..were finalized with the Inland Revenue, resulting in a net repayment of £76,347.
1996 Which? Jan. 16/1 The customer services desk wouldn't offer a refund without the receipt, but did offer some credit vouchers to the same value.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

refundv.1

Brit. /(ˌ)riːˈfʌnd/, /rᵻˈfʌnd/, /ˈriːfʌnd/, U.S. /rəˈfənd/, /riˈfənd/
Forms:

α. Middle English refounde, Middle English refunde, 1500s– refund; Scottish pre-1700 refunddit (past participle), pre-1700 refunde, pre-1700 refwnd, pre-1700 1700s– refund.

β. Scottish pre-1700 rafond, pre-1700 refond, pre-1700 refonde.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French refundre, reffonder; Latin refundere.
Etymology: Probably < Anglo-Norman refundre to reverse the flow of (c1230 or earlier), Middle French reffonder (1381), reffundre (1385), reffondre (1484), all in sense ‘to pay back, reimburse’, and its etymon classical Latin refundere to cause to flow back, to pour back, to give back, restore, in post-classical Latin also to repay (frequent from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources), to trace (an effect) back to its origin or cause (1663 in the passage translated in quot. 1665 at sense 1b) < re- re- prefix + fundere to pour (see found v.3). Compare refound v.1
1.
a. transitive. To pour in or out again; to cause to flow or pass back, esp. to the original source. Also intransitive. Now rare (in later use perhaps influenced by sense 2a).
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the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back [verb (transitive)]
yieldc897
agiveOE
again-setOE
restorec1325
acquitc1330
to pay outa1382
refundc1386
to give againa1400
quita1400
restituec1400
reliver1426
surrend1450
redeliver1490
refer1496
render1513
rebail1539
re-present1564
regive1575
to give backa1586
to turn back1587
relate1590
turn1597
returna1632
to hand back1638
redonate1656
reappropriate1659
re-cede1684
revert1688
replace1776
restitute1885
to kick back1926
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or fact of pouring or being poured > pour [verb (transitive)] > back or again
refundc1386
reaffund1605
repour1609
c1386 Almanac (1812) 8 Þe vertu or þe influens þat it hace or receyves of þe hyer planetys..it refundes and puttys til þe erthe by his bemys.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 179 (MED) The bodies above gouerne and ȝiffe influence, the membres inferialle supporte and do seruyce, the meane other membres mediate receyve and refunde [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. deleþ aboute].
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 53 (MED) Þe giftes of god mowe not flowe in us, for..we refunde not ayen all to þe originall welle.
1674 Govt. Tongue v. 56 One may as easily perswade the thirsty earth to refund the water she has suckt into her veins.
1699 J. Woodward in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 217 These..being Vegetable Substances, when refunded back again into the Earth, serve for the formation of other like Bodies.
1712 tr. H. More Scholia Antidote Atheism 160 in H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 4) It [sc. blood] is at last refunded into the Body by the left Ventricle of the Heart.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 132 Thrice in dire thunders she refunds the tyde.
1765 Antiq. in Ann. Reg. 181/1 The waves play, absorbed in each other and again refunded.
1803 Philos. Mag. 15 352 A body so circumstanced will continue to refund into the atmosphere the whole of the water thus gradually deposited on it, so long as its substance can supply the requisite temperature to the surface.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 23 Two lawyers, whose wetted garments..would refund a considerable part of the water they had collected.
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 215 An animal nature which..is compelled to refund its constituent matter to the planet..on which it grew.
1941 Geogr. Jrnl. 97 137 Karst country honeycombed with sallow-holes which engulf the rain water as it falls and refund it at lower levels—and much of it below sea level—in deepseated springs.
b. transitive. Philosophy. With into. To trace (an effect) back to its origin or cause; to ascribe a cause to. Now rare.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)] > to opposite
convert1612
interverta1639
obvert1646
refund1665
reverse1944
1665 T. White Exclusion of Scepticks vi. 43 There are two Methods, by which the formation of living Creatures may be rendred intelligible; without any farther difficulty than what may, without a Miracle, be refunded [L. refundi] into the Wisdome of our Maker.
1696 J. Sergeant Method to Sci. 222 They cannot..without making use of Principles, refund Effects into their Proper Causes.
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 452 So that all the Certainty of Authority is to be refunded into Intrinsecal Arguments.
1732 W. Dudgeon Some Refl. Late Pamphlet 44 The Fore-knowledge itself is founded on the Decrees, which are at the Bottom of all; and thus all our Actions are refunded into absolutely [sic] Necessity.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. iv. 77 The intellectual necessity of refunding effects into their causes.
1920 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God i. 9 If any one prefers to use the term universe for the sum of created or dependent beings, he may, of course, refund the universe into God as its creative source.
1975 Philos. East & West 25 305 When the world is refunded into its causes.
2.
a. transitive. To repay (a sum of money, loan, etc.); to return (money, assets, etc.) to (or †til) a person (also with the person as indirect object). Also more generally: to return or restore (anything taken or received). Also in extended use. Chiefly Scottish in early use; cf. refound v.1 1a.
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1409 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 74 To refonde restore & agayn gif a hvndir ponde of vsuale mone of Scotland to..Sir William.
1481 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 462 To pay content and refunde til ws..the soume of fourty pundis.
1553 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 146 To refund, content, and pay to ane honorable man..the sowme of ve lib.
1603 T. Bilson Serm. Westm. sig. C Temporall things in euery Kingdome, as they were first receiued from Caesar..must..returne to Caesar: and when neede requireth, by parts be refunded to Caesars vse.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 20 Oct. (1972) VII. 335 I am to refund to..Lord Peterborough what he had given us six months ago.
1694 J. Crowne Regulus iv. 43 Carthage to release This Body..Asks the refunding all our Victories.
1709 S. White Comm. Prophet Isaiah 25 God..will plead their Cause, and make their Oppressors refund all their unjust Acquisitions.
1719 J. Eveleigh Def. of Acct. 12 Tho' Mr. Pool is mention'd as one of the Proprietors, yet was he not at any Expence, the present Proprietors having refunded his Executors both Principle and Interest.
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 47 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. If you would describe a rich Man refunding his Treasures, express it thus.
1772 A. Booth Christian Triumph 18 Then destruction shall hear his voice, and the devouring grave refund her spoils.
1808 C. Breck Fox Chase iii. i. 38 Gaming, carousing, contracting debts he will never be able to refund.
1820 T. Sergeant & W. Rawle Rep. Supreme Court Pennsylvania 2 492 The divorce act imposes no obligations on the husband to refund property of the wife.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. vii. 441 They..refunded to the peasantry of the country the money which had been extorted from them.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 134 A thief, whether he steals much or little, must refund twice the amount.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 53/2 (advt.) Prepaid to your door on an ironclad guarantee of absolute satisfaction, or your money promptly and cheerfully refunded.
1963 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 1/8 The full cost of the stand-by ticket will be refunded to passengers who do not travel.
1963 Soviet Stud. 14 332 The seller must..replace them, or..take the goods back and refund the buyer his money.
2000 Adv. Driving (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 6/1 They will refund double the difference, providing the publishing dates are within 30 days of one another.
b. transitive. To reimburse or repay (a person). Scottish in early use; cf. refound v.1 1c.
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1480 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 53/2 Vnto the tyme he be new summond and refundit of his expensis.
1695 J. Stevens tr. M. de Faria e Sousa Portugues Asia III. ii. i. 94 He caused the Buyers to be refunded.
1736 J. Swift Let. 12 May in Wks. (1765) XIII. 191 The printer has a demand..to be fully refunded, both for his disgraces, his losses, and the apparent danger of his life.
1862 J. M. Ludlow Hist. U.S. 204 A proposal to refund him out of the Treasury was now made in Congress.
1895 Daily News 30 Oct. 6/7 If you are out of pocket by this business, [I] shall be glad to contribute towards refunding you.
1942 Times 1 Oct. 2/6 (advt.) We will refund him for the carriage, insurance, and packing.
1997 Flight Internat. 18 June 32/4 Clinton had wanted to use the sale to refund Pakistan in part for the embargoed delivery of 28 completed F-16s.
c. intransitive. To make repayment.
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1648 G. Bate Regall Apol. 31 We will not twit them with their deceitfull Ordinances,..Of Accompts of the Kingdom, (by which they have encreased their expences many thousands without mention to perfect, or call any man to refund).
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 39 As none were Losers employed in that service, so we finde few refunding back to charitable uses.
1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table v. i. 62 I believe you are the First Gamester that ever Refunded.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xiii. 277 He not only refuses to refund, but also denies that I ever lent him the ten crowns.
1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 188 The majority..voted..that Hastings had corruptly received between thirty and forty thousand pounds; and that he ought to be compelled to refund.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ix. 217 He defied any man to say that he had intended to wrong people; he was able to refund, to make reprisals, if they could be fairly demanded.
1884 A. Lang Ballades & Verses Vain 23 And dun him with what force you can—He'll not refund, howe'er you plead.
2000 K. Takahashi Claims of Contrib. & Reimbursement in Internat. Context x. 225 Even if that bank has inserted a clause disclaiming its obligation to refund, it is still obliged to refund if the governing law provides for mandatory refund.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

refundv.2

Brit. /(ˌ)riːˈfʌnd/, U.S. /riˈfənd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, fund v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + fund v. Compare earlier refunding n.2
Chiefly Finance.
transitive. To fund again or for a second time; (spec.) to fund the payment of (an existing debt) by taking a second or subsequent loan; to replace (a loan) in this way, typically in order to obtain a lower rate of interest (cf. fund v. 1b, refinance v.).
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations
subscribe1618
to take up1655
to sell out1721
to take in1721
to take up1740
pool?1780
capitalize1797
put1814
feed1818
to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819
corner1836
to sell short1852
promote1853
recapitalize1856
refund1857
float1865
water1865
margin1870
unload1870
acquire1877
maintain1881
syndicate1882
scalp1886
pyramid1888
underwrite1889
oversubscribe1891
joint-stock1894
wash1895
write1908
mark1911
split1927
marry1931
stag1935
unwind1958
short1959
preplace1966
unitize1970
bed and breakfast1974
index-link1974
warehouse1977
daisy-chain1979
strip1981
greenmail1984
pull1986
1857 F. Gerhard Illinois as it Is 134 To ascertain the true extent and condition of the State debt, by re-funding the various bonds and scrips into one uniform transferable stock.
1867 A. Todd On Parl. Govt. in Eng. I. v. 516 Until the year 1861 the government had the power..of funding and re-funding Exchequer bills of every description..without the cognizance of Parliament.
1896 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 22 Apr. 4/2 When the bonds are sold and the floating indebtedness is refunded..let us join in well-wishing to the refunders.
1928 Times 24 Oct. 21/6 (advt.) The Peruvian National Loan was authorized for the purpose, inter alia of refunding the entire external secured debt of the Republic.
1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 Jan. 17/3 Government bond dealers said that they expect the Treasury to announce late this week its plans for refunding nearly $15 billion of Federal debt maturing next month. How the Treasury will roll over these securities is anybody's guess.
1976 Law & Soc. Rev. 11 360 Under our previous evaluation system, all we could do was not re-fund a program if it failed to meet minimal standards.
2005 W. Ruppel Governmental Accounting Made Easy iii. 79 When a government refunds debt in a proprietary fund, it incurs an accounting gain or loss.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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