Associations to the word «Recoup»

Wiktionary

RECOUP, verb. To make back, as an investment.
RECOUP, verb. To recover from an error.
RECOUP, verb. (legal) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.
RECOUP, verb. (transitive) To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.

Dictionary definition

RECOUP, verb. Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss.
RECOUP, verb. Regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses".
RECOUP, verb. Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes".

Wise words

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.
Robert Louis Stevenson