recoup

Meaning of recoup

verb
  1. To make back, as an investment.
    He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
  2. To recover from an error.
  3. 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.
  4. 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:

reimburse

Meaning recover:

recover, recuperate

Meaning withhold:

withhold, deduct

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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