refundableadj.
/(ˌ)riːˈfʌndəbl/, /rᵻˈfʌndəbl/, /ˈriːfʌndəbl/, U.S. /rəˈfəndəbəl/, /riˈfəndəbəl/ That is to be refunded or paid back; subject to the payment of a refund.
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1817 Niles' Weekly Reg. 25 Jan. 362/2 Mr. Reynolds suggested the propriety of so amending the proposition, as to make the excess refundable with a legal interest.
1866 N.Y. Times 25 June 2/6 It was very painful to see a proposition for a loan not refundable at all till after 30 years.
1904 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 24 34 What happens to that million dollars? Does it lie dormant and unproductive? Patiently useless, waiting on contingencies, which make it refundable?
1950 H. C. Murphy National Debt in War & Transition vii. 85 All specific plans for compulsory lending by individuals..were, of course, plans for refundable taxes.
1999 Which? May 5/2 Mike complained to Airtours' insurer, but it said that insurance premiums weren't refundable.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1817- speak one's sense
- speak or look daggers
- speak out
- speak out in meeting
- speak out of one's turn
- speak out of turn
- speak over
- speak past
- speak reason
- speak scorn of
- speak sense
- speak someone's language
- speak someone'the same language
- speak strictly
- speak the truth
- speak through one's nose
- speak through the nose
- speak to
- speak to the wind
- speak together
- speak unto
- speak up
- speak upon
- speak villainy of
- speak volumes