Definition of "re-fund" []

• To fund anew. (verb-transitive)
• To pay back (a debt) with new borrowing, especially to replace (a bond issue) with a new issue. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Is the answer to simply resurrect and re-fund all the Great Society Programs?"
• "If a future Congress was so inclined to re-fund the organization, could they not revoke the permanent bar also either expressly pre-re-funding or implicitly by actually re-funding?"
• "Some elements it would include are limits on executive pay, fair and progressive taxation, strengthened regulation and public control, and measures to reduce foreclosures, create jobs, and re-fund human needs."