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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.
The meaning of RECOUP is to get an equivalent for (losses) : make up for. How to use recoup in a sentence.
verb (used with object) to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment. Synonyms: balance, retrieve, restore, recover. to regain or recover. to reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses. Synonyms: remunerate, recompense.
to get back money that has been spent or lost: It takes a while to recoup your initial costs when you begin a new business. (Definition of recoup from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) recoup | Business English. verb [ T ] uk / rɪˈkuːp / us. Add to word list.
1. to regain or make good (a financial or other loss) 2. ( tr) to reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss. 3. (Law) law to keep back (something due), having rightful claim to do so; withhold; deduct. [C15: from Old French recouper to cut back, from re- + couper to cut, from coper to behead; see coup 1] reˈcoupable adj. reˈcoupment n.
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.
recoup in British English. (rɪˈkuːp ) verb. 1. to regain or make good (a financial or other loss) 2. (transitive) to reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss. 3. law. to keep back (something due ), having rightful claim to do so; withhold; deduct.
