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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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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.
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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.
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ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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.
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ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recoupments
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In 2022, a jury awarded Depp more than $10 million in damages, while Heard won one of her counterclaims and was awarded $2 million.
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Most kinds of lawsuit damages are taxable, including employment cases, property loss or damage, defamation, emotional distress, invasion of privacy, credit reporting and consumer cases, and many others.
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Bain & Company reports a weak first quarter, projecting only a modest rebound, unlike previous strong recoveries.
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Per Opta, Tillman became one of only three players — alongside Eden Hazard and Neymar — to record at least three shots, create three chances, complete three dribbles, make three ball recoveries in the final third and win three fouls in a single FIFA World Cup match.
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The sides also compromised on financial relief for Iran, which initially demanded at least $500 billion in reparations, one of the regional officials said.
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Collective, which advocates for reparations, land returns for Native Americans, bonds for newborns and a universal basic income.
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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.
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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.
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This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“Recoupments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoupments. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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