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recoupment

recoupment

1 7.7
To get back money that you lost or paid out
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkuːpmənt/
  • Formal
translation icon : recuperación
  • The company implemented a strategy for the recoupment of lost funds after the financial crisis.
  • recoupment of investment

Examples

  • After suffering a significant loss, the business focused on recoupment to restore its finances.

  • Moreover, it usually has little chance of recoupment as there are usually several actual or potential entrants.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Tahoe Regional Planning Agency v. King offers a recent example of this inquiry into recoupment of the owner's original investment.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Such entry barriers could then make recoupment feasible.

    Academic text (1999)

  • To determine what constitutes a reasonable period, some courts take into account various factors, such as recoupment of investment and depreciation of investment.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Courts adopting this rationale focus instead on the relationship of cost to price and the feasibility of recoupment.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Only during the recoupment period, assuming that the predatory pricing scheme successfully eliminated competitors, is multiple recovery a real threat.

    Academic text (1991)

  • More recently, in Major Media of the Southeast, Inc. v. City of Raleigh, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit noted that recoupment of an owner's investment is an important factor in evaluating the reasonableness of an amortization period.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Investors were relieved to see a plan for recoupment that promised a return on their initial investments.

Synonyms

return
vsrecoupment
231 1.0

An act of giving something back to its owner

is specifically about retrieving money or economic value rather than objects
recovery
vsrecoupment
131 3.2

Getting back things that were lost or stolen

focuses on getting back money or value rather than any object
refund
vsrecoupment
115 1.1

Money given back when someone paid too much or is not happy with what they bought

covers getting back value in situations beyond purchases or sales
reimbursement
vsrecoupment
49 4.0

Money paid back to someone for costs they paid

focuses on recovering lost or spent value generally, not only expenses
restitution
vsrecoupment
  • Specialized
38 6.9

Giving back something lost or paying money for damage

is broader, applying to recovery of money or any lost value
repayment
vsrecoupment
34 2.9

Money you return after you borrowed it

is wider, including recovery of losses or spent value, not only loans
clawback
vsrecoupment
  • Specialized
2 8.8

To take back money already paid, often by law

is the general process of getting back lost, spent, or paid value
regaining
vsrecoupment
3.5

Getting something back after you lost or gave it away

focuses specifically on reclaiming money or value rather than any object

Antonyms

loss
695 2.1

Money lost by a business or person

How Recovered

restitution
  • Specialized
38 6.9
recoupment
  • Formal
1 7.7
repayment
34 2.9
reimbursement
49 4.0

Surface Forms

recoupment singular
recoupments plural

Morphology

recoupment = recoup (transparent) = recoup + ment

Formed from the verb 'recoup' with the productive suffix '-ment', so the noun denotes the act or process of recouping.

Etymology

Recoupment comes from recoup, which has re- meaning 'back' and a part that meant 'cut', like the English word cut. So, recoupment is the act of getting money back, as when you take back part of a payment to make up for a loss.