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partial reversal

Partial reversal is a state in which a payment has been reversed for only part of its original amount, not for the whole amount.

In plain English

Only some of the money was undone, while the rest of the payment stayed in place. The reversal covers less than the original total, so it is not a full reversal.

In context

Here, partial reversal labels a transaction whose reversal affected only part of the original payment amount.

Situation
Handling verification holds, payment disputes, chargebacks, reversals, and failed refunds
What it communicates
labels a transaction where only part of the amount was undone

Meaning limits

The term alone does not say why only part was reversed or whether any further change will occur.

Examples

“The statement showed a partial reversal of the $100 payment, leaving $30 still charged.”

Core meaning

“The clerk recorded the transaction as a partial reversal after returning £15 from the original £60 payment.”

In context

  • reversal Broader Term

    A partial reversal is one kind of reversal.

  • full reversal Contrast

    The difference is whether the whole original amount is reversed.