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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
Citrus Memorial filed motions to stay recoupment during formal administration proceedings and collections were temporarily suspended.
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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
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
Noun
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Ultimately, the hotel did not profit from the ordeal after compensation was eventually given to those affected, investigators found.—
Ryan Cormier,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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To be sure, Bastian’s current compensation package is about $27 million, but airline executives do sometimes have to travel coach when premium seats are sold out.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Healing, if not wholeness, is found through acts of reclamation.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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This is what makes Monaleo’s reclamation of BAP all the more epic and incredible.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Jurors were also tasked with deciding whether Zwerner was negligent and caused any of her own damages; if so, she would be barred from recovering any money from Parker, the judge instructed the jury.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Martinez is seeking over $135,000 in damages for her arrest.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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With the various boons, his administration might have also created the condition for a boom in enhanced oil recovery, similar to the earlier one in fracking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The city has been working to restore and reopen the park and its buildings since the floods and received a $1 million donation from the Tosa Foundation to aid in recovery efforts.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Kremlin has threatened to take action against the EU if the supranational organization follows through with its reparations loan.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Oct. 2025
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In a case that predated the Israel-Hamas war, the court said Israel abused its position as an occupying power and called on it to cease new settlement activity, evacuate settlers and make reparations for the damage caused.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Recoupment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoupment. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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