Associations to the word «Recoup»

Wiktionary

RECOUP, verb. To make back, as an investment.
RECOUP, verb. To recover from an error.
RECOUP, verb. (legal) 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.
RECOUP, verb. (transitive) To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.

Dictionary definition

RECOUP, verb. Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss.
RECOUP, verb. Regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses".
RECOUP, verb. Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca