recoups
Meaning of recoups
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 recoups
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of recoups is: recoup.
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Hyphenation of recoups
re-coups
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- recoups is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of recoups
Copreus, coupers, croupes, cuprose
Words that rhyme with recoups
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