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reimbursement - 3 dictionary results

re⋅im⋅burse

  [ree-im-burs]
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–verb (used with object), -bursed, -burs⋅ing.
1. to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
2. to pay back; refund; repay.
Origin:
1605–15; re- + obs. imburse to put into a purse, pay < ML imbursāre, equiv. to L im- im- 1 + ML -bursāre, deriv. of bursa purse, bag

Related forms:
re⋅im⋅burs⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅im⋅burse⋅ment, noun
re⋅im⋅burs⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. recompense, remunerate, indemnify, redress, recoup.
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re·im·burse   (rē'ĭm-bûrs')   
tr.v.   re·im·bursed, re·im·burs·ing, re·im·burs·es
  1. To repay (money spent); refund.
  2. To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred.

[re- + imburse, to put in a purse, pay (from French embourser, from Old French : en-, in from Latin in-; see in-2 + borser, to get money from borse, purse, from Late Latin bursa, bag; see bursa).]
re'im·burs'a·ble adj., re'im·burse'ment n.
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Reimbursement

Re`im*burse"ment\ (-b?rs"ment), n. [Cf. F. rembursement.] The act reimbursing. --A. Hamilton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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