refundnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈriː.fʌnd/us/ˈriː.fʌnd/B1 an amount of money that is given back to you, especially because you are not happy with a product or service that you have bought:
I took the radio back to the shop and asked for/demanded/got/was given a refund.
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Giving, bringing or getting back
- bring
- bring sth back
- claw
- claw sth back
- go
- go back
- money-back
- non-returnable
- put
- redeem
- replace
- restitution
- restore
- retake
- retrieve
- return
- reversion
- send
- take
- take sth back
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Payment methods
refundverb [ T ]
uk/ˌriːˈfʌnd/us/ˌriːˈfʌnd/C1 to give someone a refund:
When I went on business to Peru, the office refunded my expenses.
[ + two objects ] The holiday was cancelled so the travel agency had to refund everybody the price of the tickets.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- pick up the bill/tab idiom
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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refundable
adjective uk/ˌriːˈfʌn.də.bəl/us/ˌriːˈfʌn.də.bəl/