🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

reembolso de impostos

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁeɐ̃ˈbɔʁsu dʒi ɪ̃ˈpuʃtuz

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tax Refund/tæks ˈriː.fʌnd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela recebeu um reembolso de impostos após declarar."

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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

The term combines the Middle English 'taxe', derived from Old French and Latin 'taxare' (to estimate, assess), with 'refund', originating from Latin 'refundere' (to pour back, restore, return), which entered English in the late 16th century. Together, the compound expression evolved in modern financial and administrative contexts to denote the reimbursement of excess taxes paid to the government.

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