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 musical was capitalized for up to $18 million, according to securities filings, and has not announced recoupment. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 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
  • The movement also seeks sweeping reforms to the examination system and compensation for families of students who died by suicide over the leaks or exam results.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Monfort said he has been bombarded by queries for the photos by professional media outlets while also seeing his images reproduced countless times on social media and the internet without any credit or compensation.
    — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Definition of compensation
Noun
  • Authentic representation and cultural reclamation were key topics at The Asian American Foundation’s 2026 Heritage Month Summit.
    — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Tagovailoa only arrived in Atlanta this offseason — on a one-year, reclamation free agency deal at that — but Falcons fans are overwhelmingly ready to turn over the keys to him.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of reclamation
Noun
  • As part of his suit, Musk asked for $150 billion in damages that would be destined for a charitable trust and requested OpenAI’s for-profit structure be reversed.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • The jury awarded her $3 million in damages and recommended an additional $3 million in punitive damages.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of damages
Noun
  • Cole, in the 10th start of an arduous recovery from Tommy John surgery, had issued a leadoff walk to Mookie Betts.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • The San Francisco Police Department resumed search-and-recovery efforts Thursday.
    — Michael McGough Updated July 16, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of recovery
Noun
  • Some in Nigeria view Yahoo Boys as folk heroes, stealing money from white foreigners as a means of reparations for slavery and colonialism.
    — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
  • Last month, Mottley led a subcommittee of Caribbean leaders that launched a new slavery reparations manifesto during a reparations conference in Ghana.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of reparation

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“Recoupment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoupment. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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