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Past tense of reimburse

regular verb

The past tense of reimburse is reimbursed. The past participle is also reimbursed.

Forms of reimburse

Base form (V1)reimburse /ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/
Past tense (V2)reimbursed
Past participle (V3)reimbursed
Present participlereimbursing
Third person singularreimburses

Reimbursed in a sentence

  • You can tell this funny monkey story, but please keep and mind and tell people that the man who lost all his fruit to the monkeys was entirely reimbursed.2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Rudy, 15:35 from the start, in Penn Radio
  • Employees' approved expense claims will be reimbursed by the 4th of the following month.From the entry approved
  • Playbrokers will defray the expenses of the two men until the end of the season, when they will he reimbursed ifrom whatever moneys are collected as royalties during the season.1943, Billboard, volume 55, number 14. From the entry playbroker

Meaning of reimburse

  1. verb To compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf.
  2. verb To recoup (funds spent).

Full definition of reimburse

Questions about the past tense of reimburse

What is the past tense of reimburse?
The past tense of reimburse is reimbursed.
What is the past participle of reimburse?
The past participle of reimburse is reimbursed.
Is reimburse a regular or irregular verb?
Reimburse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reimburse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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