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Refund vs Buyback - What's the difference?

refund | buyback |

As nouns the difference between refund and buyback

is that refund is an amount of money returned while buyback is the repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.

As a verb refund

is to return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.

refund

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
  • A governor, that had pillaged the people, was sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. — L'Estrange.
    If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.
  • (obsolete) To supply again with funds.
  • to refund a railroad loan
  • (obsolete, rare) To pour back.
  • Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object. — Ray.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount of money returned.
  • If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a refund.

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    buyback

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
  • A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
  • A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.