recoup.
To make back (an investment or similar).
Meaning & usage
To make back (an investment or similar).
He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
to recoup losses made at the gaming table
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 voice.
Where this word comes from
From French recouper (“cut short”).
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