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recoup

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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re=coup

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb recoup has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

recoupv. t. [F. recouper; pref. re- re- + couper to cut.].
  •  To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.  [1913 Webster]
    "Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost."  [1913 Webster]
    "Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

recoup, v.tr.
1 recover or regain (a loss).
2 compensate or reimburse for a loss.
3 Law deduct or keep back (part of a sum due).

Idiom
recoup oneself recover a loss.
Derivative
recoupable adj. recoupment n.
Etymology
F recouper (as RE-, couper cut)

THESAURUS

recoup

atone, get back, kick back, make amends, make good, make reparation, make restitution, make up, make up for, make up to, pay back, pay in kind, quit, ransom, recapture, reclaim, reclaiming, reclamation, recompense, recoupment, recover, recovery, recruit, recuperate, recuperation, recycle, redeem, redemption, redress, refund, regain, regainment, reimburse, remunerate, renovate, reoccupation, reoccupy, repay, replevin, replevy, repossess, repossession, requite, rescue, restoration, restore, resume, resumption, retake, retaking, retrieval, retrieve, revindicate, revindication, revival, revive, salvage, take back, trover, win back

ROGET THESAURUS

recoup

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Restitution

VB return, restore, give back, carry back, bring back, render, render up, give up, let go, unclutch, disgorge, regorge, regurgitate, recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify, remit, rehabilitate, repair, reinvest, revest, reinstate, redeem, recover, take back again, revest, revert.

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