RECOUPMENT

Etymology

Noun

recoupment (countable and uncountable, plural recoupments)

A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement.

(legal) A reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*coup"ment (-mnt), n.

Definition: The act of recouping.

Note: Recoupment applies to equities growing out of the very affair from which thw principal demand arises, set-off to cross-demands which may be independent in origin. Abbott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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AROMATIC

(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”


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