RECOUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recoup mean? 

• RECOUP (verb)
  The verb RECOUP has 3 senses:

1. reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss

2. regain or make up for

3. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

  Familiarity information: RECOUP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECOUP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they recoup    ... he / she / it recoups   
Past simple: recouped   
Past participle: recouped   
-ing form: recouping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

recoup; reimburse

Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):

compensate; recompense; remunerate (make payment to; compensate)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Regain or make up for

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

recoup; recover; recuperate

Context example:

recuperate one's losses

Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recoup"):

catch up with; make up (make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

deduct; recoup; withhold

Context example:

My employer is withholding taxes

Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recoup"):

dock (deduct from someone's wages)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sentence example:

They recoup the money