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verb
- 1. regain (something lost or expended): "rains have helped recoup water levels"
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
RECOUP definition: to get back money that you have lost or spent: . Learn more.
Definition of recoup verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.