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as in compensation
payment to another for a loss or injury
the jury's award included a recoupment for emotional distress
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as in reclamation
the act or process of getting something back
almost immediately after the new contract was signed, the company began the recoupment of revenue lost during the strike
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Recent Examples of recoupment
Warner, however, kept recoupments in consideration, so the label kept more of the profit.
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
The judge said that House rules made no mention of potential fines or cost recoupments when an ethics committee recommended in December 2020 that Price be punished.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Citrus Memorial filed motions to stay recoupment during formal administration proceedings and collections were temporarily suspended.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Because the bar for recoupment becomes lower, and so there’s less money spent, but also the aesthetic bar becomes lower.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
The judge said that House rules made no mention of potential fines or cost recoupments when an ethics committee recommended in December 2020 that Price be punished.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Citrus Memorial filed motions to stay recoupment during formal administration proceedings and collections were temporarily suspended.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Because the bar for recoupment becomes lower, and so there’s less money spent, but also the aesthetic bar becomes lower.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recoupment
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The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged Brian Ramos, 25, of Edina, the owner of a roofing subcontractor known as Liminis Remodeling and Exteriors with two felony counts of worker’s compensation insurance premium fraud.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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Similarly, that’s why a future first-rounder as compensation from the Hornets from the Terry Rozier trade would have meant exponentially more than a mere second-rounder this June.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Often referred to as downcycling or open-loop recycling, fiber reclamation is a mechanical recycling process in which textile materials are shredded to produce a lower-grade fiber known as shoddy.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Elgin includes the charges on its water bills and collects fees on behalf of the water reclamation district.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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An army of lawyers showed up at a hearing Tuesday to iron out issues ahead of an upcoming trial to determine whether the owner and operator of the ship that struck the Key Bridge should be held liable for the full damages caused by the tragedy.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
5 May 2026
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Musk is asking the court to unwind OpenAI’s conversion, remove Altman and Brock, and award him up to a hundred and fifty billion dollars (no typo) in damages.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Giuliani floated the idea of changing the law to run for a third term or serving an extra three months to help with a post-9/11 recovery.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Community support fuels recovery efforts The community has rallied to support those impacted, and many say there's no doubt Mineral Wells will come back stronger than before.—
Briseida Holguin,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Instead, reparations for the more than 65,000 victims will be paid by the Trust Fund for Victims, set up by the court’s member states to distribute the funds.—
Molly Quell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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While there is a respectable moral case to be made for some form of reparations, Tubbs appears to be excessively fixated on policy ideas that would bankrupt our state if actually implemented.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Recoupment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoupment. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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