Reimburse

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To repay (money spent); refund.
  • transitive verb. To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To replace in a purse, treasury, or fund, as an equivalent for what has been taken, expended, or lost; pay back; restore; refund: as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.
  • To pay back to; repay to; indemnify.
  • Synonyms Remunerate, Recompense, etc. See indemnify.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore.
  • transitive verb. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
  • verb. pay back for some expense incurred
    • Word Usage
    "Out of the £2010 Purnell would "reimburse" his ex-fiance, Lucy Walker."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    compensate  give back  pay  recompense  refund  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Perse  adverse  averse  biodiverse  burse  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    atone  balance  compensate  give satisfaction  indemnify  
    verb-form
    reimbursed  reimburses  reimbursing  
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