recoup

Meaning

1. To make back, as an investment.
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.
4. To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.

Synonyms

recover

reimburse

regain

deduct

reclaim

compensate

retrieve

repay

recuperate

get back

indemnify

recompense

withhold

tell off

upbraid

win back

rebuke

admonish

criticize

redeem

earn back

knock

censure

exhort

reprimand

reproach

reprove

blame

scold

pay

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replace

replenish

requite

save

take out

back off compensate

apprehend

arrest

buy out

catch

checkoff

compensating

compensation

constrain

deduction

deputize

detain

distrain

dockside

equalize

fix

heal

hold

immobilise

keep back

make amends

make up

neutralize

offset

recapture

recoupment

redress

remunerate

reoccupy

repair

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkuːp/

Etymology

From French recouper (“cut short”).