recoup

Verb

Verb Forms: recouped, recouping, recoups

• To regain or recover money or a loss.
• reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
• regain or make up for
• retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
• To make back (an investment or similar).
• 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.
• To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive voice.

Examples

• A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
• He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
• He tried to recoup his lost points with a risky, seven-letter play.
• to recoup losses made at the gaming table

Synonyms

deduct, recover, recuperate, reimburse, withhold