Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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refund

/ɹɪˈfʌnd/ verb, noun

Forms refunds refunding refunded

  1. verb (transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse. “If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we’ll refund you the difference.”
  2. verb (transitive, colloquial) To obtain a refund. “This game sucks, Imma refund it.”
  3. verb (transitive, obsolete) To supply (someone) again with funds. “to refund a railroad loan”
  4. verb (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pour back (something).
  5. noun An amount of money returned. “If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a full refund.”

Synonyms

repayment return repay give back

Etymology

From Middle English refunden, refounden, from Old French refondre, refonder, refunder (“to restore; pay back”), from Latin refundere; prefix re- (“re-”) + fundere (“to pour”): compare French refondre, refonder. See fuse (“to melt”), and compare refound (“to cast again”), and refuse.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
  2. verb To pour back. [R. & Obs.]
  3. verb To give back; to repay; to restore.

Etymology [Pref. re- + fund.]

Etymology [L. refundere; pref. re- re- + fundere to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Refound to cast again, 1st Refuse.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “refund”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details