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# refund

«refund» in Mova's school dictionary: **money given back to you, usually because you returned…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a refund, refunds); verb (refund, refunds, refunded, refunding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A refund is money given back to you, usually because you returned something you bought or a service did not happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#m1)

2) To refund is to give someone their money back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, refund problems mean adding back money that was spent: if you spent ten dollars and got a refund of four, you are only six dollars down. In everyday life, shops have rules about refunds and usually ask for the receipt. Phrases: «get a refund», «ask for a refund», «full refund», «refund policy».

### examples

- The toy was broken, so Mum asked for a refund. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#x1)
- The shop gave us a full refund. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#x2)
- Keep the receipt in case you need a refund. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#x3)
- The concert was cancelled, so they refunded our tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#x4)
- I got a refund of three pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#x5)
- Some shops will not refund sale items. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#x6)
- If you get a refund of 5 dollars on a 12-dollar game, you paid 7 dollars in the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#x7)
- The airline refunded the money a week later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: a refund, refunds. Stress is on the first part for the noun (RE-fund) and often on the second for the verb (re-FUND). A refund is different from an exchange, where you swap the item for another instead of getting money back. In maths, a refund is subtracted from what was spent.

### In the corpora

- [Real businesses never ask to be paid with gift cards; scammers like them because they cannot be traced or refunded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/19/)
- [Faulty means broken or not working when it should; shops must usually give a refund, repair or replacement for faulty goods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout/6/)
- [Shops do not have to refund you just because you changed your mind, though many will for unused things within a few weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout/7/)
- [App shops sometimes refund mistakes made by children, but not always.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «refund» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refund/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.