recoup
to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
to regain or recover.
to reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses.
Law. to withhold (a portion of something due), having some rightful claim to do so.
to get back an equivalent, as of something lost.
Law. (of a defendant in a lawsuit) to plead that one is owed, in the same matter, an amount by the plaintiff which applies against the payment of one’s own debt to the plaintiff.
an act of recouping.
Origin of recoup
1Other words for recoup
Other words from recoup
- re·coup·a·ble, adjective
- re·coup·ment, noun
- non·re·coup·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·coup·a·ble, adjective
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How to use recoup in a sentence
The stock market has recouped all its losses from the financial crisis, and then some.
Obama Should Take on the Private Sector’s Wage Delusion | Daniel Gross | July 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the first two hours after launching it, Bijani recouped his $2,000 investment into Three D Velocity.
The four other paintings recouped by the family were sold for a total of $192.7 million and entered private collections.
Remembering Maria Altmann, Holocaust Hero Who Won Back Klimt Paintings | Isabel Wilkinson | February 8, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe suffered himself to be bought out for a sum less than she offered a sum that no more than recouped him for his losses.
The Creators | May Sinclair"Yes, and in ten minutes I had recouped my losses and won $20,000 besides," Karl cried with growing enthusiasm.
The Devil | Joseph O'Brien
A good many of his investments were palpably bad; and they could be recouped only by the backing of the combination.
Empire Builders | Francis LyndeParliament recouped him for his expenses and gave him a handsome gratuity, but he declined a proffered knighthood.
So Peter left his two hundred and fifty dollars in the bank, having recouped the expenses of the first case out of his new client.
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British Dictionary definitions for recoup
/ (rɪˈkuːp) /
to regain or make good (a financial or other loss)
(tr) to reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
law to keep back (something due), having rightful claim to do so; withhold; deduct
Origin of recoup
1Derived forms of recoup
- recoupable, adjective
- recoupment, noun
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