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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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
  • Creative industries are confronting questions about copyright, compensation and authorship after models have already entered production.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The union has also raised questions about Cázares' role as fiscal advisor, pointing to her previous work overseeing other financially troubled school districts and questioning her compensation.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of compensation
Noun
  • 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
  • In Chaplin, a $1,938,092 project on Lynch Road and Chewink Road will repair intersection drainage and surface reclamation.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Definition of reclamation
Noun
  • Exasperated, the Justice Department filed a formal discrimination suit, whereupon Cohn countersued the government for defamation, seeking a hundred million dollars in damages.
    — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But recent reporting from CNN suggests the president is considering removing Pirro for her conclusion that vandals were not responsible for damages to the pool.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of damages
Noun
  • This is how recovery becomes a business when a brand defines itself beyond what its products do to identify how the customer needs it most; when that need becomes unmistakably visible; and what the total experience will ultimately mean.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Peptides have become one of the hottest trends in wellness, with promises like faster muscle recovery and healthier aging.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 31 July 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 5 Aug. 2026.

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