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reimbursement

reimbursement

49 4.0
Money paid back to someone for costs they paid
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪmˈbɜːrsmənt/
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  • All of these team members received modest reimbursements for their involvement in Mexico Indígena.
  • seek reimbursement
  • eligible for reimbursement
  • reimbursement claims

And you know the, the place you reached out to for your tickets, they will be the place that will reach out to you for reimbursement or to reschedule.

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Examples

  • Maybe you can get some type of tuition reimbursement through your job if that's available and take a class or two, maybe just one to start to see how it goes.

  • Proper coding is only the first step in obtaining reimbursement for services.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Clearly we need to improve the incentive, the system for reimbursement for example.

  • Figure 2 provides a view of reimbursement practices reported by our sample.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Data requested include costs related to personnel, operations, training, and reimbursement rates.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Under the traditional healthcare system, the most common model of reimbursement is fee-for-service.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Whereas payments have increased for most primary care physicians, reimbursement to specialists has decreased significantly.

    Academic text (1993)
  • So Bergstrom submitted restaurant receipts to the computer company for reimbursement.

  • All patients were eligible for Medicare reimbursement; 16.4 percent were Medicaid eligible.

    Academic text (1990)
  • After her business trip, she submitted her travel expenses for reimbursement to the company.

Synonyms

compensation
vsreimbursement
214 3.6

Money given to pay someone for work and to make up for loss or injury

is limited to paying back incurred expenses rather than general payment
restitution
vsreimbursement
  • Specialized
38 6.9

Giving back something lost or paying money for damage

focuses on paying back money for expenses rather than restoring items
reparation
vsreimbursement
19 6.8

Giving money or help to make up for a wrong

is about repaying expenses people have paid, not about making moral amends
redress
vsreimbursement
  • Formal
15 7.6

An action or money that corrects a wrong

focuses on paying back monetary costs rather than fixing broader injustices
indemnification
vsreimbursement
  • Formal
2 8.8

Money that a person receives for loss, damage, or injury

is used for ordinary paying back of expenses rather than formal legal payment
recompensation
vsreimbursement
1 8.2

Something, usually money, given to reward effort or to make up for loss

is focused only on repaying incurred expenses, not rewarding effort
recoupment
vsreimbursement
  • Formal
1 7.7

To get back money that you lost or paid out

involves paying money back to someone who already paid expenses
defrayment
vsreimbursement
  • Formal
9.8

Money given to pay costs for someone else

is the act of paying back expenses someone has already paid

Antonyms

3 4.1

Someone does not pay money they owe

Compounds

1 3.7

Money an employee gets back to cover travel costs for work

How Much

settlement
  • Specialized
34 3.5
reimbursement
49 4.0
defrayment
  • Formal
9.8
payment
805 1.0
contribution
400 2.5

Surface Forms

reimbursement singular

Morphology

reimbursement = reimburse (transparent) = reimburse + ment

This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'reimburse' meaning the act or result of reimbursing.

Etymology

Reimbursement comes from old parts meaning re- 'back' and bourse 'purse' or money bag. So a reimbursement is money put 'back' into your purse when someone pays you for costs you already paid.