refunds
払い戻し
解説 Definition
refunds は refund（払い戻し、返金）の複数形です。商品返品や予約取消しなどで返されるお金を指し、動詞として「払い戻す」という意味でも使われます。
Refunds are sums of money returned to customers or other payers, typically because goods were returned, a service was canceled, or an original payment was excessive. The word is the plural form of the noun refund.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
refund「払い戻し」に複数語尾 -s が付いた形で、返金が複数件あることを示す。語末 /d/ は有声音なので -s は /z/ と発音する。give refunds、process refunds、refunds for canceled events のように、店の返品規定や予約取消し後の返金処理と結び付ける。動詞の三人称単数 refunds と同形なので文中の位置にも注目。
Start with the singular noun refund, meaning money paid back, and add -s to show more than one repayment: refund becomes refunds. Since the base ends in the voiced sound /d/, the plural ending is pronounced /z/. Learn it through customer-service phrases such as “give refunds,” “process refunds,” and “refunds for canceled events.” Also notice that refunds can be a verb form, as in “the store refunds the fee.” In the examples here, determiners and plural agreement show that it is the plural noun.
例文
The store gives refunds for unopened items.
その店は未開封の商品に払い戻しをします。
All refunds will be sent within five business days.
すべての払い戻しは5営業日以内に送られます。
Customers asked about refunds after the event was canceled.
イベントが中止された後、客は払い戻しについて尋ねました。
refunds の類義語・関連語
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refunds の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 re-（戻す）+ fundere（注ぐ）から、古フランス語 refonder を経て英語へ。「注いだものを戻す」が原義で、支払った金を返す意味に。関連語: fund（資金）、refundable（返金可能な）。
Refunds is the plural of refund, formed by adding the regular plural ending -s. Refund came through French forms ultimately connected with Latin refundere, “to pour back” or “give back,” combining re-, “back,” with fundere, “to pour.” English developed the financial sense of returning money that had been paid. The plural form refers to multiple returned payments, claims, or instances of repayment.
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