recoupment

noun

1
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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2
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 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 Giant is the latest Broadway production to announce recoupment in recent days, following Every Brilliant Thing, Just In Time, and the tours of Kimberly Akimbo and The Outsiders. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 May 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
  1. compensation
  2. reclamation
  3. damages
  4. recovery
  5. reparation
Noun
  • Boards routinely commit millions of dollars to CEOs and other senior leaders through salary, equity, long-term incentive plans, retention packages, and other forms of executive compensation.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Carradine’s family and estate are seeking unspecified general and wrongful-death damages and compensation for medical expenses incurred during his hospitalization.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of compensation
Noun
  • Bartels goes a step further, calling Tony a reclamation of Bourdain’s media presence after his 2018 death.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The fire has also forced evacuations at Spokane’s veterans’ hospital, water reclamation facility and waste-to-energy plant, city officials said.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of reclamation
Noun
  • The family is seeking general damages, special and economic damages, and wrongful damages.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Over the weekend, Tehran submitted its own set of new demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which included complete compensation for damages wrought by the president’s bombing campaigns.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of damages
Noun
  • The head coach or manager of a side will usually have the final say on how those friendlies look, with performance staff providing advice around individual player usage and recovery.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • That prompted concern over a potential setback in right knee’s ACL recovery.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of recovery
Noun
  • Understanding Caribbean history For Bousquet, the debate over reparations remains tied to how the Caribbean understands its own history, including slavery’s abolition and emancipation.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The growing reparations movement is one expression of that connection.
    — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of reparation

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“Recoupment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoupment. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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