recoupments

noun

plural of recoupment
1
as in damages
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 recoveries
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 recoupments Warner, however, kept recoupments in consideration, so the label kept more of the profit. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 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 recoupments
  1. damages
  2. recoveries
  3. reparations
  4. reclamations
  5. compensations
  6. recaptures
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
  • Cycling’s remarkable collarbone break recoveries Just over two months ago, Visma-Lease a Bike’s Matteo Jorgenson broke his collarbone after a nasty fall at Amstel Gold.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Bain & Company reports a weak first quarter, projecting only a modest rebound, unlike previous strong recoveries.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of recoveries
Noun
  • 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
  • The opinion, while not legally binding, stated that countries were legally required to reduce GHG emissions and may have to pay reparations for damages from climate change.
    — Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of reparations
Noun
  • Thanks to reclamations like Mary Gabriel’s book Ninth Street Women and retrospectives of their work, Lee and Elaine are better known today as artists than artists’ wives.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Chater, at the time, spearheaded one of the earliest land reclamations along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, which eventually became the city’s Central business district.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of reclamations
Noun
  • This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.
    — Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 June 2026
  • Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of compensations
Noun
  • This elegant Victorian-Era resort in Elkhart Lake recaptures the days when guests wore starched collars and flowing skirts while rowing boats on Elkhart Lake.
    — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
  • Decades after Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata helped enshrine a plucky Nova Scotian orphan in the minds of Japanese and international audiences, a new Anne of Green Gables adaptation recaptures that story’s appeal.
    — Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Recoupments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoupments. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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