refunnel

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verb

To redirect (money or resources) to another department or project.

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Meanings

verbrefunnel (third-person singular simple present refunnels, present participle (US) refunneling or (UK) refunnelling, simple past and past participle (US) refunneled or (UK) refunnelled)

present singular third person refunnels · US participle present refunneling · UK participle present refunnelling · US participle past refunneled · US past refunneled · UK participle past refunnelled · UK past refunnelled

  1. transitiveTo redirect (money or resources) to another department or project.

    But the slush stopped on Ms. Almodovar’s desk; fees paid by the developers are now refunneled into agency projects.

    2008 June 13, Robin Finn, “How to Curb Big Builders’ Big Appetites”, in New York Times

Origin

From re- + funnel.

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Cite this entry
APA

refunnel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refunnel

MLA

“refunnel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refunnel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refunnel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refunnel.

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