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partial refund

A partial refund is a return of money to a customer for a purchase that is less than the full amount originally paid.

In plain English

It means some of the money paid for a purchase is given back, not all of it. The customer receives a smaller return of money than the original payment.

In context

Here, "partial refund" names a refund result in which the customer gets back less money than was originally paid for the purchase.

Situation
Requesting returns, exchanges, refunds, replacements, and store credit
What it communicates
Names a refund outcome that returns less than the full amount.

Meaning limits

The term by itself does not say why less than the full amount is returned.

Examples

“Instead of the full $80 she paid, Marta accepted a partial refund of $25 for the damaged lamp.”

Core meaning

“The shop issued a partial refund for the missing bowl.”

In context

  • refund Broader Term

    A partial refund is one kind of refund.

  • full refund Contrast

    A full refund returns the whole amount paid, not only part of it.