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recoupments

recoupments is the plural of recoupment.

Meaning of recoupment

Noun

recoupment (countable and uncountable, plural recoupments)

  1. A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement.
    • The doctrine of recoupment is of recent growth, hardly preceding in its origin the beginning of the present century.1879, John Neilson Taylor, A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant, page 321
  2. A reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part.

Questions about recoupments

What is recoupments the plural of?
Recoupments is the plural of recoupment.

Words near recoupments in the dictionary

  1. recouplers
  2. recouples
  3. recoupling
  4. recouplings
  5. recoupment
  6. recoupments
  7. recoups
  8. recoure
  9. recoured
  10. recouring
  11. recourse

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