reimburse

Meaning

To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

Synonyms

compensate

repay

pay back

indemnify

refund

recoup

pay

💸

recompense

make amends

remunerate

make up for

redress

make reparations

reproach

blame

censure

criticize

disburse

exhort

knock

pay for

rebuke

reclaim

recover

repair

reprimand

admonish

reprove

return

scold

tell off

upbraid

shift

spell

deputize

recompose

deputise

substitute

redeem

credit

cover

regain

counterchange

make reparation

compensation

replace

replenish

transpose

atone

pay damages

Translations

rembourser

rimborsare

reembolsar

erstatten

reembolsar

vergoeden

entschädigen

reprendre

indemniser

compenser

terugbetalen

risarcire

compenseren

rifondere

restitueren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/

Etymology

1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).