recoup
/ɹɪˈkup/ verb C1- To make back (an investment or similar). · He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.· to recoup losses made at the gaming table
- To recover from an error.
- 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. · A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
- To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive voice.
He/she/it recoups · Past recouped · Past participle recouped · -ing form recouping
Verb forms
- Base form
- recoup
- He/she/it
- recoups
- Past
- recouped
- Past participle
- recouped
- -ing form
- recouping
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