払い戻し・払戻し・払戻・払いもどし|はらいもどしharaimodoshi[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
払い戻し払い戻し is the most common written form, combining kanji and kana, and is the recommended choice for beginners.
払戻し払戻し is less common than 払い戻し but remains a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling that you may encounter.
払戻払戻 is less common than 払戻し and uses kanji alone; its omission of kana is irregular, so beginners should use 払い戻し instead.
払いもどし払いもどし is the least common of these written forms; it combines kanji and kana, but 払い戻し is recommended for beginners.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrepayment; refund; payback
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 払い戻しする（はらいもどしする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 払い戻しします（はらいもどしします） |
| Negative (nai) | 払い戻ししない（はらいもどししない） |
| polite (masen) | 払い戻ししません（はらいもどししません） |
| classical zu / nu | 払い戻しせず・払い戻しせぬ（はらいもどしせず・はらいもどしせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 払い戻しした（はらいもどしした） |
| polite (mashita) | 払い戻ししました（はらいもどししました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 払い戻ししなかった（はらいもどししなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 払い戻ししませんでした（はらいもどししませんでした） |
| Te form | 払い戻しして（はらいもどしして） |
| Potential | 払い戻しできる（はらいもどしできる） |
| Passive | 払い戻しされる（はらいもどしされる） |
| Causative | 払い戻しさせる（はらいもどしさせる） |
| Causative passive | 払い戻しさせられる（はらいもどしさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 払い戻しすれば（はらいもどしすれば） |
| tara | 払い戻ししたら（はらいもどししたら） |
| Volitional | 払い戻ししよう（はらいもどししよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 払い戻ししましょう（はらいもどししましょう） |
| Imperative | 払い戻ししろ（はらいもどししろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym返金へんきんNeutralEveryday word for giving money back, most common for refunds on purchases. 「払い戻し」 is mostly for fares, deposits or insurance premiums refunded under set rules.
- Synonym返還へんかんWrittenWritten/formal: returning territory, property or rights to their original owner; the object is not limited to money.
- Synonym還付かんぷWrittenWritten/formal: official refunds of over-collected taxes etc., as in 「税金の還付」; used in administrative and tax contexts.
- Synonym払い戻すはらいもどすNeutralThe verb form of 「払い戻し」, with the same meaning; used as the predicate in a sentence, as in 「料金を払い戻す」.
- Related返却へんきゃくNeutralReturning borrowed or received things such as books or equipment; mainly for objects, not normally for refunds of money.
- Related弁済べんさいWrittenWritten/formal legal term for discharging a debt: repaying a loan or paying damages, in full or in part, as in 「一部弁済」. Not a refund of money under set rules.
- Related弁償べんしょうNeutralMaking good a loss: paying for someone else's things you broke or lost, or for damage you caused another. It compensates a loss rather than refunding money paid.
- Related返済へんさいNeutralRepaying borrowed money or loans, as in 「ローンの返済」. The borrower pays the money back, so the direction differs from a refund.
- Related償還しょうかんWrittenWritten/formal financial term for redeeming or repaying the principal of bonds and loans — government and corporate bonds etc. More technical than 「払い戻し」.
- Related返すかえすNeutralA general verb for returning things or money. 「払い戻し」 is a noun referring specifically to paying money back.
- Related償うつぐなうWrittenWritten/formal: making up for a loss or atoning for a wrong with money or actions; the emphasis is on compensating for a fault, not on returning money.
- Related返納へんのうFormalFormal: handing back documents, items or money to the issuer, typically the authorities, as in 「免許の返納」; also 「役員報酬の返納」. 「払い戻し」 returns money to the payer.
- Related割り戻すわりもどすNeutralA verb: giving part of the purchase price back to the buyer as a rebate or kickback; only a portion is returned, mostly in commercial rebate deals.
- Related返付へんぷWrittenWritten word for returning deposited or borrowed items to their owner; in everyday speech use 「返却」 or 「返す」.
- Antonym支払いしはらいNeutralAntonym: making a payment. 「払い戻し」 is money paid out being given back.
- Antonym徴収ちょうしゅうWrittenWritten/formal antonym: collecting taxes and fees. The money flows in the opposite direction to 「払い戻し」's refunding.
Use 「払い戻し」 for money refunded under set rules, such as ticket fares, deposits or insurance premiums. For everyday shopping refunds say 「返金」; for tax refunds 「還付」; for repaying loans 「返済」. The other words cover returning objects (「返却」), legal debt settlement (「弁済」) and compensation for damage (「弁償」).
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Japanese definitions
- （金銭を）はらいもどすこと。
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
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