refunded; refunding; refunds
1
: to give or put back
2
: to return (money) in restitution, repayment, or balancing of accounts
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Examples of refund in a Sentence
Verb (1)
will refund you your money
Noun
No refunds or exchanges are allowed.
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Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
Cuts in offices such as the tax collector's and circuit clerk's, Franklin said, are fully refunded by the state.
—Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Molly Higgins, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
As a result, according to the district court, the IRS lacked the authority to treat the preparation of ordinary refund claims as practice before the IRS, and therefore, the IRS cannot prohibit charging contingent fees for ordinary refund claims.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Walmart said customers who purchased the product in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas should throw out the chicken broth and can ask to be fully refunded.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
Cuts in offices such as the tax collector's and circuit clerk's, Franklin said, are fully refunded by the state.
—Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
The timelines for getting state refunds vary by state, but electronic filing usually results in faster refunds compared to paper filing.
—Molly Higgins, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
As a result, according to the district court, the IRS lacked the authority to treat the preparation of ordinary refund claims as practice before the IRS, and therefore, the IRS cannot prohibit charging contingent fees for ordinary refund claims.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Refund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refund. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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refund
2 of 3 noun
re·fund
ˈrē-ˌfənd 
1
: the act of refunding
2
: an amount of money refunded
refund
3 of 3 verb
re·fund
(ˈ)rē-ˈfənd
: to fund a debt again
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