recoup

Verb

recoup (third-person singular simple present recoups, present participle recouping, simple past and past participle recouped)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To make back (an investment or similar).
   • He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
   • to recoup losses made at the gaming table

   Synonyms:

   recover

2. (intransitive) To recover from an error.
3. (transitive) 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.
   • A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
4. (transitive) To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive voice.
   • Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost.1856–1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC
   • Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom.1887, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Scotland as it was and as it is