Recoup (original) (raw)
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
Example:
My employer is withholding taxes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):
hold on; keep (retain possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recoup"):
dock (deduct from someone's wages)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They recoup the money
Sense 2
Meaning:
Regain or make up for
Example:
recuperate one's losses
Synonyms:
recoup; recover; recuperate
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recoup"):
catch up with; make up (make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
Synonyms:
recoup; reimburse
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "recoup" is one way to...):
compensate; recompense; remunerate (make payment to; compensate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP