Qual é a diferença entre reimburse e refund ?

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lionbars · Answer

同じです。

milofi · Answer

Without referring to a dictionary where I live it's implied that reimburse puts the blame (of why  what needed to be given back or replaced) is put on the person refunding you, it's usually more similar to compensation or made out of necessity by the other person. Also reimburse has no implications on how or what you would be given in return, usually it's the same as what was used or money. Refund implies you are getting money back if referring to any stores but in between friends it is just a more casual form of reimburse. 
To put that in simpler terms, reimburse: you get something back because some one is obligated to do so. Example: "Can you help me dig a trench today?
I can but will I be reimbursed in anyway?"
Refund: getting back what you put in.
"There's no way I'll be getting a refund on my time after wasting it reading this example."
You can use reimburse any time you use refund it just implies there's a reason why you think/should get something back.

chloes · Answer

Reimburse: Often used in the case of an employee/child who spend their own money on something first (out-of-pocket), then having the employer/parent return the amount back to them at a later date.

Refund: Usually a return of the amount of money paid for goods or services to the customer, due to the fact that the product is faulty or not as advertised, or service isn't satisfactory.

brendon · Answer

A refund is when you return something you bought and get your money back. Perhaps the thing you bought was defective, or in some other way unsatisfactory. So you get a refund.

Reimbursement is when you spend money on behalf of someone else and they pay you back. For example, someone is throwing a party and need you to go to the store and buy a cake. They promise to reimburse you, which means they will pay you the money you spent on the cake.

mxannaly · Answer

Reimburse is when you buy something for someone else that is not meant for you but you expect to be paid in return.

Example: You’re boss is out of paper for the printer machine at work. You buy paper with your money and the company REIMBURSES you for the money you spent on paper.

Refund is when you want to return something you bought for personal purposes and you want your money back.

mouellees · Answer

@stickerhappie 
So that means a refund cannot be partial ? If someone pays back say 50% that's a reimbursement ?

mouellees · Answer

@stickerhappie 
Thanks☺

KuyaPito · Answer

@mottainightland  i used the car from my job and it needed gas so i filled it up using my own money but when i get to work again they will “reimburse” the money i spent on the gas.

I purchased a shirt from the store but it didn’t fit me so i returned the shirt back to the store and they “refunded” me the money i spent on it (or- they gave me a “refund”)

TheNext_Julian · Answer

Reimburse means: To give something (anything) back to make up for someone’s losses
Refund: Refers to money

sacameron89 · Answer

Reimburse is always a verb. And it means to give someone money to cover an expense they’ve made on your behalf.

“I don’t have any money on me at the moment. If you buy it now I’ll reimburse you later.”

“If you buy the train ticket just now, the organisation will reimburse you when you give them the receipt.”

Refund can be either a noun or a verb (there is a difference in pronunciation despite them being spelled the same).

To refund (verb) means to return something and get back the money you originally paid for it.

A refund (noun) is the money you get back.

“I bought these shoes but they don’t fit well. I hope the shop will refund them for me.”

“The train was over an hour late so they refunded the cost of the ticket.”

“I bought these apples yesterday and they’ve already gone bad, I hope the shop gives me a refund.”

Hope this helps :)

pbspartan · Answer

@mottainightland reimburse means you buy something and are being repaid for it.

for example
if you work in another country and your company pays for your airfare they would say "we will reimburse your airfare"

refund usually means the customer isn't satisfied with the product or service and are getting their money back for it

maludeoliveiralua · Answer

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sawantmanojp · Answer

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sawantmanojp · Answer

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shana6464 · Answer

@stickerhappie I agree, I'm so suprised most people gave confusing defintion. I was hoping I didn't have to give the simplest explantion but luckily I found someone who did

bonniehower · Answer

@mottainightland Regarding the pronunciation differences @sacameron89 mentioned, refund (noun) is stressed on the 're'.  Refund (verb) can be evenly stressed, or stressed on the 'fund'.  Definitely stressed on the 'fund' if there's an ending (reFUNDed).  At least in US English.

stickerhappie · Answer

People love to make it confusing to make themselves seem smarter. Here's the most simple answer:

REIMBURSEMENT
Example: You go on a meeting from Osaka to Tokyo. You pay for the airplane ticket. The company then pays you for how much you paid for your ticket.

REFUND
Example: You buy an iPhone from the Apple Store. You don't like it so you return it. When Apple gives you your money back, that's called a refund.

I find it hilarious that all people do here is copy and paste from dictionary.com. It's quite hilarious.

stickerhappie · Answer

@mouellees That would be considered and called "Partial Reimbursement".

stickerhappie · Answer

@BunnyNoctis Refund & Reimbursement cannot mean the same thing. They are completely different.

stickerhappie · Answer

@mouellees Refunds can only be partial if a store charges a "restocking fee" because then you wouldn't be getting your "full" refund. That applies only to stores. However, a reimbursement can absolutely be "Partial" hence "Partial Reimbursement" depending on the company or group that is reimbursing you.

stickerhappie · Answer

@BunnyNoctis No. They never "could" mean the same thing. They are completely different regardless of how the context is. They mean absolutely 100% different.

stickerhappie · Answer

@BunnyNoctis The easiest way to differentiate "refund" from "reimbursement" is when you are giving an object or a service back to the person or place you originally got it from. With reimbursement, you are not giving anything back. They are simply paying you the same amount that you paid for either an object, service or something else entirely.

Vimper · Answer

Refund often means you’re not satisfied with the service or other stuff.

Itsmehhjasminee · Answer

Refund is when someone gives you money back for something that bought also sometimes you return the item as well and reimburse is when someone pays you the same amount that you spent without anything in return

emigra · Answer

refund:the paying back of money
reimburse:To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost

floryna · Answer

reimburse is when you pay at a delivery, refund is when you receive your money back

James_Cleveland_Hale · Answer

When you get reimbursed you get paid for services that you provided to the person or pay backed. When you get refund it is because you need to get money back from poor service or part of your money back after you paid.

Examples:
I have reimbursed you for the job well done you did for the company.
May I please get a refund because I didn’t get the package as promised.

rupensingh055 · Answer

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amankhan9673 · Answer

@mottainightland

amankhan9673 · Answer

@mottainightland 
both are same for example 
please refund your money and 
reimburse your pen

amankhan9673 · Answer

@mxannaly 
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Hoavn · Answer

"reimburse" meaning you are gaven without asking
"refund" meaning you paid and money is returned to y

chouaywj9119 · Answer

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AydanAydan · Answer

@mottainightland Refund=return money to someone
Reimburse=repay money spent on one’s behalf. For example: the company will reimburse your expenses for the business trip

catherinebehan · Answer

Good question.  Reimburse is when you repay someone who paid for you. Refund is when you get money back for returning a product

sychin · Answer

@mottainightland  refund is when you return the item you bought back and they return the money.
Reimburse is keeping the product and they pay you back for what you paid for

12hannahporter · Answer

Refund means to give someone back their money that they spent, reimburse can mean the same thing but could also be some other form of compensation, like a gift card or an item

aayushchoure840 · Answer

Reimburse means Recoup 
and Refund means return.

judahivy · Answer

you can be reimbursed by anyone who wants to make up the cost of a purchase or loss, but a refund comes from the seller. Examples: "I bought office supplies for work, and my boss reimbursed me" "The pens didn't work, so the office supply store gave me a refund" also, you generally say "give/gave a refund", but reimburse can be said as a verb by itself.

Yoon3439 · Answer

Reimburse: you spend money to buy a pen. Someone else (your boss maybe) gives you the same amount of money.

Refund: you spend money to buy a pen. You don’t like the pen, so you bring it back to the store and the store gives you the money back to you.

pkhathopur · Answer

Reimburse means expenses done and claim cash for regarding this expenses.
Refund means you pay excess money to somebody than you claim for refund.

Flutterby · Answer

So Sorry, I broke the lamp, I'm going to reimburse you for the cost of the lamp.
I gotta broken Toy, I will take it back and get my money back. A refund for the amount I paid. ? Hope you are having an excellent day!

goodvibess · Answer

Refund is for the money that is paid back to someone who had bought a good or service from you, due to the reasons like a fault, defect in the goods and services..etc. For other cases, the concept is defined by reimburse.

jenny198 · Answer

So... 'reimburse' belongs to the business field, and 'refund' belongs to the market(buy and sell) field?

Kulwind23028968 · Answer

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alinawahab755 · Answer

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BunnyNoctis · Answer

They could mean the same thing, it depends on the context. Refund of your money is the same as reimbursement, but only the word refund can mean that they accept the product that the person acquired but it must take another product from the store; however, they do not return the money.

BunnyNoctis · Answer

@stickerhappie I have said “they could” ..of course is no the same thing ..!

BunnyNoctis · Answer

mmm .. alright ..

MJP357 · Answer

@mottainightland reimburse is when I pay for your breakfast because you didn’t have money at the time to pay, and then you pay me later (reimburse me). Refund happens when that breakfast is gross and we want our money back (we want a refund).

They pretty much mean the same thing: To return money. We just use them in a different way. Hope this helps!

They pretty much mean the same thing: To return money. We just use them in a different way. Hope this helps!

nerdnerd · Answer

refund means "to give back money for item that is defective or unacceptable".

example: "i bought a shirt and it has a hole in it. i requested for a refund."

reimbursement is to return money for item or services to the person that is acceptable.

example: " my company wants us to wear pink shirt. so we went to buy it and was later reimburse for its cost"

danielrhannan · Answer

they mean the same thing

moxin2448 · Answer

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jtcaleb · Answer

@mottainightland Reimbursement is when you pay someone an amount equal to what that person has already spent,  whereas, a refund is when you return money as a form of restitution.

Example, if I pay for an item on behalf of someone, and they pay that amount back to me, that's "reimbursement"

When I return an item to a store to get my money back, that is "refund "

joshsouma · Answer

Along with what has already been said, Reimbursement means that you keep what you paid for but get the money back. A refund means you return what was purchased for the money.

speefire · Answer

@brendon interesting in Spanish only have a word for that is "Reembolso" for example translate your is both when you get your money back  for something defective and also when you spend your money and someone else and they pay you back.

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poonamyadavoppo · Answer

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englanti · Answer

when you buy something *for yourself*, and it's not right, you go to the seller [bringing the item back] to get your money back: refund. when you bought something on behalf of someone else, you go to that person to get your money back: reimbursement. in the first case, the transaction is undone; in the second case, the transaction stays done, and you are acting as a short-term, interest-free lender, and the borrower reimburses you.

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alacirbastos34 · Answer

refund: restituição, reembolso, ressarcimento.
reimburse:
restituição: restituição, reembolso, ressarcimento.
reembolsar:
"Reembolsar" é quando você dá dinheiro a alguém que pagou por algo em seu lugar.
Você poderia comprar alguns XXXs para mim? Basta me dar o recibo e eu vou reembolsar você (ou seja, eu vou pagar você de volta o que você pagou

Mikeydon · Answer

Reimbursement is describing what you (the payer)did with the money.  Refund is the money that you received

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ranma95nd · Answer

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redelyn_abea · Answer

i think is refund as a verb simply means to give back money that someone paid for something and usually it means that what was purchased was defective or unacceptable. As a noun it means money that is paid back.reimburse is very similar in meaning to refund. It means to pay back an amount equal to what has been spent.

bokway · Answer

reimburse usually but not always happens in work related environment. for example, you eat, pay or buy a certain thing or food with your own money. then you can get back the money you paid from the office that is reimburse. a refund happens when you return an item that you bought bec it has a defect and you dont want to exchange for another or the same item, and you want your money back that is refund.

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aqbsansari786 · Answer

reimburse means to payback for some expense incurred and refund means money returned to a payer

aqbsansari786 · Answer

reimburse means to payback for some expense incurred and refund means money returned to a payer

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Deleted user · Answer

Reimburse= It is the sum of money which is paid by any company to his/her employee.

Refund=It is the deposited amount which is given back to someone.

Suppose I am a residence of India and I want to work in JAPAN. For joining the company it has policy of medical check up. So I have to go through medical check up. When I spent money in my medical check up I got of receipt of that from Hospital. When I reach to JAPAN for my employment and show the receipt of that medical my employer will pay me back the sum of money which I spent on my medical in India. This is known as Reimburse.

Again suppose. The company says that I have to deposit a sum of 25,000 for six months until my probation period get over. Once I complete my probation period the company will pay me back the 25,000 after six months. This amount is known as Refund.

Hope you Understand.

Jadestarwolf · Answer

@mottainightland You might receive a refund in return for bad service or product as a customer.

Reimbursement usually happens to repay you for using your own money for a job related expense.

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imyche85 · Answer

Reimbursement is giving someone money if they have purchased something on your behalf so they are not out of pocket whatever amount they have spent.
refund is when u buy something and theres something wrong with the product gou ask to get ur money back

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Charles2001 · Answer

@mottainightland

They are similar.

Reimburse is when you spend money and you are paid back.  In my experience, it’s usually expenses (like business expenses) or costs you had but we’re not your obligation.

The company reimbursed my travel expense.

I had to pay for the paint in advance but he reimbursed my expense.

A refund is usually something where a store refunds my money when i return a purchase.  Or it could be when what i bought is broken or a service is bad.

Macy’s gave me a full refund when I returned the shoes.

I complained about the service and the restaurant refunded my money.

That is my experience.

eurocitizen · Answer

To reimburse is to give back money that someone has spent. Example:  I reimbursed my P.A for the conference costs.

To refund is to get money Back after giving back goods that have been bought. Example.  Can I get a refund on this dish? It’s broken.

ashanamax · Answer

@mottainightland There is a difference in usage.

I will be reimbursed if I pay for something someone else is responsible for.

My company might reimburse me  for some expenses I had on a business trip. It has the same meaning as "pay (someone) back."

We get a refund when we return something we don't want. "I tried to return that coat, but I couldn't get a refund without the receipt."

We can also get a refund for something (like a reservation or a delivery) that can't be returned, but was not satisfactory or was never delivered.

Kawea · Answer

Both are from Latin
“Re-“ meaning “back”
“Imburse” meaning “to pay”
“Fund” meaning “to fill”

Usually a refund is a paying back of money you have paid for a good or service.

Reimburse can mean the same thing, but it can also be used more broadly to repay someone for their time and expenses put towards a service.

I hope this helps!

ElyJR · Answer

Reimburse = used more when someone buys something for you and you’ll pay them back later (paying them back one owe’s them as agreed upon prior to)

Refund = no liking a product or service and asking for the money you previously spent in return 
(Asking one to give back money previously given)

Qual é a diferença entre reimburse e refund ?Podes indicar apenas respostas exemplo.

同じです。

Reimburse means Recoup and Refund means return.

Reimburse means expenses done and claim cash for regarding this expenses.Refund means you pay excess money to somebody than you claim for refund.

Good evening

Refund means to give someone back their money that they spent, reimburse can mean the same thing but could also be some other form of compensation, like a gift card or an item

@mottainightland

Reimbursement is giving someone money if they have purchased something on your behalf so they are not out of pocket whatever amount they have spent.refund is when u buy something and theres something wrong with the product gou ask to get ur money back

To reimburse is to give back money that someone has spent. Example: I reimbursed my P.A for the conference costs. To refund is to get money Back after giving back goods that have been bought. Example. Can I get a refund on this dish? It’s broken.

Reimburse = used more when someone buys something for you and you’ll pay them back later (paying them back one owe’s them as agreed upon prior to)Refund = no liking a product or service and asking for the money you previously spent in return (Asking one to give back money previously given)

reimburse is when you pay at a delivery, refund is when you receive your money back

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Reimburse means Recoup
and Refund means return.

Reimburse means expenses done and claim cash for regarding this expenses.
Refund means you pay excess money to somebody than you claim for refund.

Reimbursement is giving someone money if they have purchased something on your behalf so they are not out of pocket whatever amount they have spent.
refund is when u buy something and theres something wrong with the product gou ask to get ur money back

To reimburse is to give back money that someone has spent. Example: I reimbursed my P.A for the conference costs.

To refund is to get money Back after giving back goods that have been bought. Example. Can I get a refund on this dish? It’s broken.

Reimburse = used more when someone buys something for you and you’ll pay them back later (paying them back one owe’s them as agreed upon prior to)

Refund = no liking a product or service and asking for the money you previously spent in return
(Asking one to give back money previously given)