refinance

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verb

To renew the terms of a loan.

CommonScrabble 14

Meanings

verbrefinance (third-person singular simple present refinances, present participle refinancing, simple past and past participle refinanced)

present singular third person refinances · participle present refinancing · participle past refinanced · past refinanced

  1. transitivebusinessTo renew the terms of a loan.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishfinance
  7. Englishrefinance

From re- + finance.

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Translations

Catalan refinançar
  • refinançarrenew the terms of a loan
Chinese Mandarin 轉貸 /转贷
  • 轉貸 /转贷 (zhuǎndài)renew the terms of a loan
Finnish rahoittaa uudelleen
  • rahoittaa uudelleenrenew the terms of a loan
French refinancer
  • refinancerrenew the terms of a loan
Korean 차환하다
  • 차환하다 (chahwanhada)renew the terms of a loan
Polish refinansować
  • refinansowaćrenew the terms of a loan
Russian рефинансировать
  • рефинансировать (refinansirovatʹ)renew the terms of a loan
Spanish refinanciar
  • refinanciarrenew the terms of a loan
Cite this entry
APA

refinance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refinance

MLA

“refinance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refinance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refinance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refinance.

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