refund English · revision 14913

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1425|origins=la fundō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: noun /ˈriː.fʌnd/; verb /ˌriːˈfʌnd/, /rɪˈfʌnd/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|refunden]], [[bor|fro|refunder|t=to restore]] and directly [[la|refundō|t=to pour back, give back, restore]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|re-|t=back]] and [[m|la|fundō|t=to pour]] (see [[found]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[ine-pro|*gheu-|t=to pour]].^(Etymonline) In later use it was associated with [[fund]].^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To pour back: 1386 in the OED, a citation that Barnhart could not find in the MED.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) To transmit influence or restore: probably before 1425, in a translation of Higden's Polychronicon.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To give back or restore is from 1432–50,^(OED 1989) and to hand back or repay money from 1553.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) To reimburse a person is from 1736.^(OED 1989) The noun, a repayment, is from 1782 in Etymonline, 1866 in Barnhart and the OED.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1386 – to pour back.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1425 – to restore.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1553 – to repay money.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1736 – to reimburse a person.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1782 – a refund (noun).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give back money; to [[repay]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To [[reimburse]] a person.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A repayment of money.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The amount repaid.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[refundable]]

+ * [[refunder]]

+ * [[refundment]]

+ * [[refundability]]

+ * [[unrefunded]]

+ * [[unrefunding]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fund]]

+ * [[fuse]]

+ * [[refuse]]

+ * [[found]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Refund, to fund a debt again (1860, in Worcester's Dictionary), is a separate formation from [[re-]] and [[fund]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}