🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Steuerrückerstattung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʃtɔʏ̯ɐˌʁʏkɛʁʃtatuŋ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tax-refund/ˈtæks.riˌfʌnd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er erhielt eine Steuerrückerstattung nach der Steuererklärung."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A reimbursement of excess taxes paid to the government.

    "After filing her taxes, she was pleased to receive a tax refund."
  2. 2

    The amount of money returned to a taxpayer after they have overpaid their taxes.

    "He was surprised by the size of his tax refund this year."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'tax' (from Old French 'taxe', ultimately from Latin 'taxare' meaning to evaluate or estimate) and 'refund' (from Latin 'refundere', meaning to pour back or return). The combined financial term emerged in modern fiscal administration to describe the repayment of excess taxes to the taxpayer.

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