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US
/ɹɪˈkup/
]
[ UK /ɹɪkˈuːp/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪkˈuːp/ ]
VERB
- reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
-
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
My employer is withholding taxes -
regain or make up for
recuperate one's losses
How To Use recoup In A Sentence
- The closely held retailer said it would sue its partner to recoup more than $ 50 million it claims was unfairly withdrawn.
- Moreover, many insurance companies (including mine) refuse to pay the $30,000 cost, reasoning that any economic benefit they would recoup is years down the road. Beating Obesity
- Moreover, the combined salaries of the three wardens or lieutenants was now less than £400 per annum, and much of this was recouped by reviving the ancient practice of farming the shrievalties.
- This lack of action may also trigger some legal action from insurance companies in an attempt to recoup cash paid out to flooded households. Times, Sunday Times
- The insured person is guilty of unconscionable conduct if he does not provide for the insurer to be recouped out of the damages awarded against the wrongdoer.
- No attempt was made to recoup the cash. The Sun
- But the money can be recouped within three years. Times, Sunday Times
- And, as the secured creditor has consented to the payment, no recoupment of the money paid is possible.
- In recent years, a substantial proportion of grants have remained unspent and recouped by the Exchequer.
- The 'clawback' measures allow banks to recoup bonuses that turn out to have been unmerited. Times, Sunday Times