refinance

See also: refinancé

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English finance

English refinance

From re- + finance.

Verb

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

1. (finance, transitive) To renew the terms of a loan.

Derived terms

• refinanceable

Translations

renew the terms of a loan

• Catalan: refinançar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轉貸 / 转贷 (zh) (zhuǎndài)

• Finnish: rahoittaa uudelleen
• French: refinancer (fr)
• Korean: 차환하다 (chahwanhada)
• Polish: refinansować (pl)
• Russian: рефинансировать (ru) (refinansirovatʹ)
• Spanish: refinanciar (es)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.fi.nɑ̃s/
• Homophones: refinancent, refinances

Verb

refinance

1. inflection of refinancer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative