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re⋅coup

  [ri-koop]
Use recoup in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
2. to regain or recover.
3. to reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses.
4. Law. to withhold (a portion of something due), having some rightful claim to do so.
–verb (used without object)
5. to get back an equivalent, as of something lost.
6. Law. to plead in defense a claim arising out of the same subject matter as the plaintiff's claim.
–noun
7. an act of recouping.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF recouper to cut back, cut again, equiv. to re- re- + couper to cut; see coup 1

Related forms:
re⋅coup⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅coup⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. recover, restore, retrieve, balance. 3. recompense, remunerate.
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re·coup   (rĭ-kōōp')   
v.   re·couped, re·coup·ing, re·coups

v.   tr.

  1. To receive an equivalent for; make up for: recoup a loss. See Synonyms at recover.

  2. To return as an equivalent for; reimburse.

  3. Law To deduct or withhold (part of something due) for an equitable reason.

v.   intr.
To regain a former favorable position.
n.  The act of recouping.

[Middle English recoupen, to cut short, from Old French recouper, to cut back : re-, re- + couper, to cut (from coup, blow; see coup).]
re·coup'a·ble adj., re·coup'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

recoup 
1628, from Fr. recouper "to cut back" (12c.), from O.Fr. re- "back" + couper "to cut," from coup "a blow" (see coup). Originally a legal term meaning "to deduct;" sense of "recompense for loss or expense" first recorded 1664.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

recoup

To sell an asset at a price sufficient to recover the original outlay or to offset a previous loss.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·coup
Pronunciation: ri-'küp
Function: transitive verb
: RECOVER 1 recoup the overpayment from current claims payments —City of Cordova v. Medicaid Rate Commission, 789 Pacific Reporter, Second Series 346 (1990)>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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