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reimbursement

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re·im·burse  (rm-bûrs)
tr.v. re·im·bursed, re·im·burs·ing, re·im·burs·es
1. To repay (money spent); refund.
2. To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred.

[re- + imburse, to put in a purse, pay (from French embourser, from Old French : en-, in from Latin in-; see in-2 + borser, to get money from borse, purse, from Late Latin bursa, bag; see bursa).]

reim·bursa·ble adj.
reim·bursement n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.reimbursement - compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses"
compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
allowance - a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
breakage - reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
costs - pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation

reimbursement
noun repayment, compensation, refund, recompense, indemnification It can take up to six months before reimbursements are made.
Translations
reimbursement [ˌriːɪmˈbɜːsmənt] Nreembolso m
reimbursement [ˌriːɪmˈbɜːrsmənt] n [money] → remboursement m
She is demanding reimbursement for medical expenses → Elle demande le remboursement des frais médicaux.
reimbursement
n (of person)Entschädigung f; (of loss)Ersatz m; (of expenses, costs)(Rück)erstattung f
reimbursement [ˌriːɪmˈbɜːsmənt] nrimborso
reimbursement [ˌriːɪmˈbɜːsmənt] nrimborso


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The danger of delay obliges the consenting provinces to furnish their quotas, without waiting for the others; and then to obtain reimbursement from the others, by deputations, which are frequent, or otherwise, as they can.
Leakage follows in the form of public works which are neither urgent nor necessary; troops re-uniformed and gold-laced over and over again; vessels sent on useless cruises; preparations for war without ever making it; paying the debts of a State, and not requiring reimbursement or insisting on security.
 
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