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Definitions for Recoup

[1] to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
[2] to regain or recover.
[3] to reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses.
[4] Law . to withhold (a portion of something due), having some rightful claim to do so.
[5] to get back an equivalent, as of something lost.
[6] Law . to plead in defense a claim arising out of the same subject matter as the plaintiff's claim.
[7] an act of recouping.
[8] to regain or make good (a financial or other loss)
[9] (tr) to reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
[10] law to keep back (something due), having rightful claim to do so; withhold; deduct

Words related to Recoup

refund, regain, reimburse, redeem, repay, compensate, satisfy, repossess, retrieve, requite, remunerate

Words nearby Recoup

recording secretary, recordist, recordkeeping, recount, recountal, recoup, recourse, recover, recoverable, recoverable error, recovered memory

Origin of Recoup

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French recouper to cut back, cut again, equivalent to re- re- + couper to cut; see coup1

Other words from Recoup

re·coup·a·ble , adjective
re·coup·ment , noun
non·re·coup·a·ble , adjective
un·re·coup·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Recoup

C15: from Old French recouper to cut back, from re- + couper to cut, from coper to behead; see coup 1

Synonyms for Recoup

compensate, get back, redeem, refund, regain, reimburse, repay, win back, remunerate, repossess, requite, retrieve, satisfy, get out from under, get well, make good, make redress for, make well