What's the difference between refund and reimburse?

Refund


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
  • (v. t.) To pour back.
  • (v. t.) To give back; to repay; to restore.
  • (v. t.) To supply again with funds; to reimburse.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, some contactless transactions are processed offline so may not appear on a customer’s account until after the block has been applied.” It says payments that had been made offline on the day of cancellation may be applied to accounts and would be refunded when the customer identified them; payments made on days after the cancellation will not be taken from an account.
  • (2) The train operator advised passengers to use alternative routes with South West Trains and Chiltern Trains and has offered refunds to travellers who decide not to travel on Saturday.
  • (3) However, according to the the Professional Financial Claims Association (PFCA), only about half of the sums paid out represent refunded payments.
  • (4) Oliver's departure followed the exit of Kenneth Tong last Thursday, which forced Channel 4 to abandon the planned eviction vote on Friday and offer a refund to viewers who had already voted.
  • (5) When she appealed, East Coast apologised but incredibly refused a refund, until Money intervened.
  • (6) Passengers who have paid but choose not to travel due to this service disruption can receive a refund or a voucher for future travel,” the operator said.
  • (7) He said the fact so many people had not approached their bank showed how important it was that they should be forced to automatically refund their customers if they lost the case.
  • (8) "Energy suppliers benefiting from credits on customer accounts and failing to respond to requests to refund them was turning into a bone of contention.
  • (9) A spokesman for the SLC says: “We apologise to Miss Rodrigues for any inconvenience she encountered in arranging a refund of her overpaid balance and for any incorrect information she was given regarding interest.
  • (10) Some people will receive the refund in the form of a reduction in what they owe.
  • (11) Don't ignore the letter; your bank has written to you because it believes it may have mis-sold you PPI and this is your chance to respond and get a refund of your premiums.
  • (12) The full effect on sales has yet to be seen as the airline offered full refunds to passengers who had booked to fly later in the year after the shooting down of MH17.
  • (13) People who have already bought a case are entitled to a free cash refund.
  • (14) Then, earlier this month, a tentative legal settlement was reached that required Frey and his American publisher, Doubleday, to provide refunds to readers who felt they were defrauded in buying a book classified as memoir.
  • (15) I’m sorry to hear that happened, but that person will have a one person connection to go to to explain that’s happened to sort out.” In a later statement, a council spokesman said: “We are very sorry if this has happened and we are working to find out who has been affected so we can offer reassurance and an immediate refund.
  • (16) In practice most train companies will issue a refund when train services are delayed, irrespective of what caused the delay.
  • (17) Non-medical psychotherapists are not eligible for refunds by the health insurance system.
  • (18) A spokeswoman for NatWest confirmed it will not refund Wilson as she had "willingly handed over the money".
  • (19) However, this is BT we are dealing with, and even after we raised this with the company’s HQ, it was still rather hard work getting a proper refund.
  • (20) Despite the fact that the weight recorded on the seller's proof of posting showed that the parcel had been filled, and that the buyer refused to cooperate with Royal Mail's investigation, eBay found in the buyer's favour and refunded him.

Reimburse


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.
  • (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Providers of services and their reimbursement will also expand.
  • (2) A study was undertaken to determine the magnitude of the charges and costs and the sources of reimbursements for the care of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) patients in an urban setting, Orleans Parish (County), Louisiana, in 1971.
  • (3) Understanding the full effects of the change in health care delivery reimbursement on patient care and nursing care will require research and investigation.
  • (4) Psychiatrists in the U.S. have raised a host of issues related to their experience with peer review including a concern for the patient's confidentiality, the need to correlate normative standards with local customary practice, the significance of the reviewer's theoretical orientation and training, the optimal documentation required and the impact of peer review on the reimbursement of claims for services rendered.
  • (5) We believe that new physician reimbursement codes specific for geriatric assessment should be established in the Current Procedural Technology (CPT-4) manual and that reimbursement for GA should be specifically provided under Part B of Medicare.
  • (6) Many state Medicaid programs limit the number of reimbursable medications that a patient can receive.
  • (7) Concomitant with this changing mix of ownerships, revised reimbursement plans are being proposed for psychiatry.
  • (8) One group relied primarily on increased third-party reimbursements to offset the end of basic federal grants.
  • (9) The new method will significantly affect global, technical, and professional reimbursement.
  • (10) The central reimbursement method used in Medicare risk contracting (adjusted average per capita cost) does not adequately control for enrollment selection, unmet medical need, or recent regional cost variations.
  • (11) Even more worrisome to these institutions is the possibility of other third-party payors following Medicare's lead and converting to this reimbursement plan.
  • (12) Fraser discusses the results and implications of a survey conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services to determine the impact on hospices of the Medicare reimbursement program authorized by Congress in 1983.
  • (13) Physicians not only need better preparation to meet the challenges of caring for frail older patients, but they also need changes in reimbursement policies so that they can afford to spend the time needed to manage the complexities inherent in the doctor-patient-family caregiver relationship.
  • (14) To determine the prevalence of off-label anticancer drug use (ie, using drugs to treat conditions other than those listed on the Food and Drug Administration's approved drug label), the extent of reimbursement denials for these uses, and the effect of denials on the treatment of cancer patients.
  • (15) In France 15% of prescriptions include at least 1 benzodiazepine and 5 compounds of this class appear among the 30 most frequently prescribed of state reimbursed medications.
  • (16) The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of health insurance coverage research universities offer their employees and the extent to which these employers offer options providing for reimbursement of services of independent nurse practitioners.
  • (17) Methods of reimbursement to validate autopsy as a medical act should be sought, and voluntary and government regulation to assure the role of autopsy in quality assurance programs is suggested.
  • (18) We found that the program could account for reimbursement of 51.8% of its budget through patient care services, requiring 5.2% to be subsidized through state grants and 43.1% through federal graduate medical education reimbursement.
  • (19) Cost estimates for diagnostic evaluation were calculated by means of the schedule of prevailing rates for Texas employed by the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services for physician reimbursement.
  • (20) Total hospital costs (exclusive of Diagnostic Related Group reimbursement.