払い戻す・払戻す|はらいもどすharaimodosu[5]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto repay; to pay back; to refund; to reimburse
   サラは払い戻はらいもどしてもらう事ことを要求ようきゅうした。↗

   Sarah demanded that she be given a refund.

• Synonym払い戻しはらいもどしNeutralNoun form of the headword with the same meaning, as in 「チケットの払い戻し」; the noun is actually the more commonly used of the two.
• Synonym返還へんかんWrittenWritten, formal noun for returning something to its original owner, as in 「領土返還」; mostly used for goods and at a national level, where 「払い戻す」 suits paid money.
• Synonym還付かんぷFormalFormal administrative and tax term for an authority refunding money it collected in excess, as in 「税金の還付」.
• Synonym返金へんきんNeutralRefunding a customer's money, typically by a shop; very common in everyday speech, as in 「全額返金」.
• Related弁済べんさいWrittenWritten legal term for settling or repaying a debt, mostly seen in legal documents; 「払い戻す」 is about refunds and withdrawals, not debts.
• Related弁償べんしょうNeutralCompensating someone for property you damaged, as in 「割った皿を弁償する」; it is about making good a loss, not refunding a payment.
• Related返済へんさいNeutralRepaying money you borrowed, used mainly for loans, as in 「ローンの返済」; the money goes back to a lender, not a payer.
• Related償還しょうかんWrittenWritten financial term for redeeming or paying off bonds and loans, as in 「国債の償還」.
• Related返すかえすNeutralThe broadest, most colloquial word for giving something back, money included, as in 「お金を返す」; it covers far more than refunds.
• Related返却へんきゃくNeutralReturning something borrowed or received, as in 「本の返却」 or 「レンタル品の返却」; typically objects, not money.
• Related償うつぐなうNeutralMaking up for a loss or wrong with money, labor or the like, as in 「罪を償う」; the focus is on atoning for a fault.
• Related返納へんのうNeutralHanding something back to the authorities, such as surrendering a license, as in 「免許証の返納」.
• Related割り戻すわりもどすNeutralGiving back part of a purchase price to the buyer — a rebate or kickback, as in 「割り戻し金」 — not a full refund.
• Antonym預けるあずけるNeutralTo deposit money or leave things in someone's keeping — the opposite of the headword's taking money back out.
• Antonym支払うしはらうNeutralTo pay money out; the direction of the money is the reverse of the headword's paying it back.

Use 「払い戻す」 for refunding money already paid or for a bank paying deposits back out (「運賃を払い戻す」). For a shop refunding a customer say 「返金」; for the tax office returning overpaid tax, 「還付」; for repaying a loan, 「返済」. The everyday general verb is 「返す」. The opposites are 「支払う」 (to pay) and 「預ける」 (to deposit).

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 一度いちど受うけた金額きんがくを清算せいさんし、残金ざんきんを返かえす。
2. 金融機関きんゆうきかんが預金よきんなどを顧客こきゃくへ返金へんきんする。
3. 競馬けいば、競輪けいりんなどのギャンブルで的中てきちゅうしたものに現金げんきんを支払しはらう。