recoups

present tense third-person singular of recoup
1
as in regains
to get again in one's possession tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine

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2
as in compensates
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle

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Recent Examples of recoups That means having to hire an attorney to force an agency to provide public records could later affect how much that person recoups in attorneys' fees. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Landlords and billing firms argue RUBS promotes conservation and recoups rising costs, even as studies, regulators and a recent legal settlement push for submetering and stronger transparency rules. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Variety has learned that the team is not asking for first dollar gross, meaning they’d get paid from the box office pot before the studio recoups a dime. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 Because co-producers receive compensation for their work only after a show recoups, their goals in some ways align with choosing pieces that have low capitalization costs. — Katie North, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Many of the pair's fans have been glued to social media for updates as Jackie recoups. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 July 2026 One of the most powerful tools at their disposal is a bank levy, which can be used to freeze your bank account temporarily as the creditor recoups what's owed to them. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 Rosen has middle-six upside and will get opportunity in Winnipeg, while the draft capital recoups the Jets’ price to acquire Schenn last season. — The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Verb
  • The powertrain also recaptures waste energy; the ThermAssist heat management system boosts range by 7 percent and reduces the amount of energy needed to heat the car by 40 percent.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
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  • Pay now or later, or not at all Some mutual fund share classes charge a sales commission, or load, that compensates the broker or advisor who sells the fund.
    — Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • That's because the remaining healthy testicle often compensates by producing enough testosterone and sperm on its own.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • An airline that consistently recovers faster, communicates earlier and rebooks passengers proactively builds a reputational advantage that’s difficult for competitors to replicate because it’s embedded in operational infrastructure, not marketing.
    — Abha Dogra, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Here, by administering medicine brought from his outer-planet home, Rennie recovers.
    — THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Six months later, an internal AI assistant retrieves the ticket and tells a different team what to do.
    — Mani Padisetti, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In the highlight, Marshall retrieves the ball and oddly fires it back to the infield, fooling no one.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The federal government reimburses the state for the time troopers work through the 287(g) program.
    — Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Find out whether repairs require prior authorization and whether the provider pays the repair shop directly or reimburses you.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Traders should avoid this one until price reclaims the $270s, where the post-earnings gap began to fail.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • During the day, the menu reclaims fry bread, a dish with a knotty history among Indigenous groups, as they were forced to adapt to US government rations when forcibly displaced from their homes.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Recoups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoups. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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