recoup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To make back (an investment or similar).
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.
To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive voice.

/ɹɪˈkuːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-recoup.wav /ɹɪˈkup/ /ɹɪˈkʉːp/

recoup recoups recouping recouped

From French recouper (“cut short”).

recover

recoupable recoupment unrecouped

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