recourse
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.re·course
noun \ˈrē-ˌkȯrs, ri-ˈ\Definition of RECOURSE
1
a : a turning to someone or something for help or protection <settled the matter without recourse to law> b : a source of help or strength : resort <had no recourse left>
2
: the right to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument (as a check)
See Examples of RECOURSE
- The dispute was settled without recourse to law.
- <a toddler quickly learns that a tantrum is a surefire recourse when a polite request for something is met with parental indifference>
Origin of RECOURSE
Middle English recours, from Anglo-French recurs, from Late Latin recursus, from Latin, act of running back, from recurrere to run back — more at recur
First Known Use: 14th century
Rhymes with RECOURSE
clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, warhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse
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