| 单词 | refund |
| 释义 | refund (once / 1377 pages) vn To refund is to give money back, especially when someone isn't satisfied with an item they bought or the service they got. If you complain that your restaurant food is undercooked, the manager may refund your money. When you don't actually get what you paid for, you deserve a refund, or a repayment of the money you spent. Most businesses will refund money to unhappy customers, and when you return something — like a pair of pants that doesn't fit — you'll also get a refund. The verb came before the noun, and it originally meant "to pour back," from the Latin root fundere, "to pour." WORD FAMILYrefund: refunded, refunding, refunds+/fund: funded, funding, funds, refund/funded: unfunded/funding: fundings USAGE EXAMPLESQ: I can’t get a refund from Amtrak for its totally inappropriate “handicapped” room on the Empire Builder from Chicago to Glacier National Park. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) He received a ticket, followed by debt collection notices, but after more than a year in dispute received £350 in refunds and compensation. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) So be ready to ask for your “automatic” refund and check a box for a true refund to your credit or debit card. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1v pay back Please refund me my money Syn|Hypo|Hyper give back, repay, return reimburse pay back for some expense incurred restitute, restoregive or bring back pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services 2n the act of returning money received previously Syn|Hyper repayment defrayal, defrayment, payment the act of paying money 3n money returned to a payer Hypo|Hyper discount, rebate a refund of some fraction of the amount paid rent-rebatea rebate on rent given by a local government authority payment a sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
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