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    recoup
    /rɪˈkuːp/

    verb

    • 1. regain (something lost or expended): "rains have helped recoup water levels"

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  2. uk / rɪˈkuːp / us. Add to word list. to get back money that you have lost, spent, or invested: A leading US investment bank may be able to recoup $425 million after an American court last week threw out the class-action lawsuit against it.

  3. 1. a. : to get an equivalent for (losses) : make up for. b. : reimburse, compensate. recoup a person for losses. 2. : regain. an attempt to recoup his fortune. intransitive verb. : to make good or make up for something lost. also : recuperate. recoupable. ri-ˈkü-pə-bəl. adjective. recoupment. ri-ˈküp-mənt. noun. Synonyms. get back. re-collect.

  4. To get back; recover or regain: recoup a loss; recoup one's dignity. b. To gain an amount equal to (an outlay or investment): expected to recoup the development costs in three years.

  5. uk / rɪˈkuːp / us. Add to word list. to get back money that you have lost, spent, or invested: A leading US investment bank may be able to recoup $425 million after an American court last week threw out the class-action lawsuit against it.

  6. To recoup is a kind of recovery: If you lost some money but then made that amount back, you recouped your loss. When you recuperate , you get better after being sick. And when you recoup something, you get better or bounce back after a loss.

  7. 3 meanings: 1. to regain or make good (a financial or other loss) 2. to reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss 3. law.... Click for more definitions.

  8. verb (used without object) 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.

  9. RECOUP definition: to get back money that you have lost or spent: . Learn more.

  10. Definition of recoup verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. 1. a. to get back an equivalent for; make up for. to recoup a loss. b. to regain. to recoup one's health. 2. to pay back; reimburse. 3. Law. to deduct or hold back (a part of what is due), having some reasonable claim to do so. noun. 4. an act of recouping. SIMILAR WORDS: reˈcover. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.