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Refund

To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.

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Broader term 4

Defrayal 76% connected

The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Defrayment 76% connected

Payment of charges.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Payment 76% connected

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 2

Discount 76% connected

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rebate 76% connected

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Reimburse 76% connected

To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restitute 76% connected

To restore to a former state.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Return 74% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Return 74% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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See also 2

Give 66% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Give 66% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Repay 92% connected

To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Repayment 92% connected

The act of repaying; reimbursement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Return 92% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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