re-fund
Britishverb
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to discharge (an old or matured debt) by new borrowing, as by a new bond issue
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to replace (an existing bond issue) with a new one
Etymology
Origin of re-fund
C20: from re- + fund
Example Sentences
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First, I would re-fund the police and institute competitive salaries.
From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2021
Another contentious idea is to not re-fund the Highway Trust Fund at all, but instead to leave it to the states in a process called devolution.
From US News • Mar. 9, 2015
If he saves Barton’s life, House reasons, Patient will re-fund the diagnostics department at PPTH, and we can finally get the Team back.
From Time • Nov. 1, 2011
"We have to strongly start to re-fund it," he says.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Fund," says this experienced ornament of the art of living by one's wits, "fund is an excellent word; but re-fund is the very worst in the language."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 386, August 22, 1829 by Various
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