RECOUP
Dictionary entry overview: What does recoup mean?
• RECOUP (verb)
The verb RECOUP has 3 senses:
1. reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
2. regain or make up for
3. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
Familiarity information: RECOUP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RECOUP (verb)
Meaning:
Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
recoup; reimburse
Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):
compensate; recompense; remunerate (make payment to; compensate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Regain or make up for
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
recuperate; recoup; recover
Context example:
recuperate one's losses
Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recoup"):
catch up with; make up (make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
deduct; withhold; recoup
Context example:
My employer is withholding taxes
Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):
hold on; keep (retain possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recoup"):
dock (deduct from someone's wages)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They recoup the money
