recoupment

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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 In Korea, by contrast, investors, distributors and producers play separate roles, and Ibe said producers often take around 40% of profit after recoupment. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Producer Alan Kliffer announced the recoupment and latest extension today. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 The play, which announced recoupment in May, closed out its final week with a gross of $886,815 and capacity close to 100 percent. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026 The report further found that NASA has struggled to maintain and modernize its launch infrastructure, partially due to declining maintenance budgets and poor funding structures that prevent an equitable recoupment of costs from commercial providers leasing the launch facilities. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 June 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recoupment
Noun
  • Weather and other circumstances can prompt Royal Caribbean to alter or substitute ports, according to its website, and it is not necessarily required to refund fares or provide compensation.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Such facilities successfully operate today, prioritizing community leadership, transparency, compensation and quiet all at once.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Can Gio project requires costly land reclamation and extensive new infrastructure before people can move in.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Vocals also serve as a powerful act of reclamation, both of authorship and identity.
    — Rachel Narozniak, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The club remained closed after the shooting, and the filing seeks $1 million in damages.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • General assertions of lost profits, out-of-pocket expenses and reputational harm did not satisfy the requirement to plead special damages, Gayles wrote.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Engineers will initially run the engine horizontally while the aircraft rests on its launch and recovery vehicle.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Despite this year's larger hole, however, NOAA and NASA scientists emphasize that efforts to limit ozone-depleting chemical compounds have had a significant impact and long-term recovery remains on track.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Dickon Mitchell, the prime minister of Grenada who has called for slavery reparations and an apology from Britain, secured a second term and 14 of 15 seats for the National Democratic Congress.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Continue reading … -- POLITICS LEFT-WING AGENDA — 'Squad' member urges Democrats to leverage power to push Medicare for All, reparations.
    — , FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Recoupment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoupment. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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