refunding

verb

present participle of refund
as in reimbursing
to make a return payment to will refund you your money

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Recent Examples of refunding PayPal began the process of refunding both transactions to the original forms of payment. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 17 July 2026 The former Chick-fil-A employee in Grapevine, Texas, has been arrested for allegedly ringing up hundreds of orders of Mac & Cheese and refunding the money to his own accounts, according to a news release shared with PEOPLE by the Grapevine Police Department. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026 Jones was seen in the video using the register to ring up 800 orders of mac and cheese trays, then refunding them to his personal credit cards. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026 Retailers, for their part, argue that the administrative burden and reverse logistics of identifying and refunding millions of individual microtransactions make consumer rebates an impossible challenge. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026 The proceeds were earmarked for refunding older debt, renovations at Mineral Springs Park and a dehumidification upgrade at its ice arena, according to bond documents. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Although DeSantis and state officials initially called the money a charitable contribution from Centene separate from what the company owed, the state ultimately treated all of it as taxpayer dollars, refunding the federal government its share of the money according to federal rules. — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026 While that system remains under development, the judge's prior order that CPB begin refunding the tariffs with interest remains suspended. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026 The meeting spurred the writing of a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding that federal agencies begin the process of refunding tariff payments to New Yorkers. — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refunding
  1. reimbursing
  2. repaying
Verb
  • The state is exempt from reimbursing local governments for costs associated with new programs that define new violations or crimes.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • Instead of reimbursing a share of wages or tuition after a worker is already hired, this tax credit helps pay for the physical infrastructure required to train workers.
    — Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of reimbursing
Verb
  • Liverpool desperately need striker Alexander Isak to stay fit and start repaying last summer’s £125million fee.
    — Luke Bosher, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The commission alleges Cloth and his company raised more than $500 million from investors for various film and television projects, and then diverted $70 million of the funds to other uses, like repaying earlier investors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of repaying

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