单词 | refund |
释义 | refundn. A repayment; the return of money paid. ΘΚΠ 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.1α. 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. 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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 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.). ΘΚΠ 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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