REIMBURSE

recoup, reimburse

(verb) reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss

reimburse

(verb) pay back for some expense incurred; “Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

reimburse (third-person singular simple present reimburses, present participle reimbursing, simple past and past participle reimbursed)

To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

Synonym: imburse (one sense, obsolete)

Hypernyms

• compensate, pay

Anagrams

• umbrieres

Source: Wiktionary

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Re`im*burse" (-brs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reimbursed (-brst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reimbursing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + imburse: cf. F. rembourser.]

1. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

2. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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