What's the difference between refund and restitute?

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.

Restitute


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To restore to a former state.
  • (n.) That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thus, mechanical restitution of the ventricle is a dynamic process that can be assessed using an elastance-based approach in the in situ heart.
  • (2) Although systemic fibrinolysis with streptokinase was not initiated until eight weeks after the accident, a partial restitution of the markedly reduced macro- and microcirculation in the fingers was possible.
  • (3) Obvious restitution of the thymic medulla was evident about 14 days after withdrawal of FK506.
  • (4) When using pair stimula, barbamil shortens the period of absolute nonexcitation and the second phase of depression in the cycle of restituted H-reflexes to the second stimula in the pair.
  • (5) Therapeutic action included application of antibiotics, surgical valve removal, and delayed restitution.
  • (6) The monoexponential pattern of restitution was seen with model-independent descriptors of relaxation as well as with tau.
  • (7) This study suggests that restitution of amniotic fluid volume in human pregnancies complicated by severe oligohydramnios does not acutely alter the umbilical artery PI.
  • (8) Tetrapolar impedance rheocardiography was used to study postextrasystolic potentiation and mechanic restitution.
  • (9) To determine whether centrally released vasopressin influences thirst, observations of osmotic thirst threshold, osmotic load excretion and postloading restitution of plasma osmolality were made in dogs in control experiments and during infusion of AVP antagonists into the third ventricle.
  • (10) It was found that chromosome fragments restitute with time, whereas the dicentrics are formed very quickly and their frequency remains the same, despite the decline in the number of chromosome breaks at later recovery times.
  • (11) A comparative evaluation of the effects of soaps and detergents on pH behaviour and lipids level on the skin surface and duration of their restitution was carried out.
  • (12) [The loan is] appalling, no one had any idea whatsoever,” said Elena Korka, a senior culture ministry policymaker involved in restitution efforts since 1986.
  • (13) Air crescent signs were seen in 40% of patients during or after bone marrow restitution.
  • (14) The tissue restitution was better in suture anastomosis carried out with absorbable sutures than performed with non-absorbable suture material.
  • (15) It is concluded that grafting can be successfully employed in the treatment of central ulcers, as it not only restitutes tissue integrity, but also preserves useful vision.
  • (16) Following factors were obtained regardless whether investigations were carried out in normals or in psychiatric patients: A static factor, a dynamic factor, a stimulus-specific factor and a restitution-dependent factor.
  • (17) The apparent protective mechanisms of this prostanoid under the present conditions may involve mucus and fluid effusion that could allow restitution of the surface epithelial layer.
  • (18) The mechanical restitution of the left ventricle of closed-chest dogs was modeled as a monoexponential relation, using peak single-beat elastance as a measure of contractile strength.
  • (19) Transplants of 1-3 rat pancreases have proven to restitute streptozotocin induced diabetes in athymic nude mice.
  • (20) There was relevant hemodynamic irritation of perfusion in dopplersonographic examination cranial of compressed vessel, which normalized after restitution.