recoup
Meaning of recoup
verb
- To make back, as an investment.
He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
- 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.
Information about recoup
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of recoup is: recoups.
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Hyphenation of recoup
re-coup
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- recoup is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
recoup synonyms
Meaning reimburse:
Meaning recover:
Meaning withhold:
Anagrams of recoup
couper, croupe, cuerpo, poucer
Words that rhyme with recoup
coup, acoup, contrecoup, precoup, incoup, countercoup, scoup, postcoup, beaucoup
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