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    [Verb]  | "re*coup" | \ ri-ˈküp \


    1: to get an equivalent for (losses) : make up for

    2: reimburse, compensate

    3: regain


    Origin: 1628 ;

     French recouper to cut back, from Old French, from re- + couper to cut {mat|cope:1|};

    [Verb]  | "recouped" 


    1: to get again in one's possession;


      * e.g., " ... tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine "



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    2: to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury;


      * e.g., " ... you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle "



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    3: to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness;


      * e.g., " ... he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu "



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    [Verb]  | "recoup" 


    1: to get again in one's possession;


      * e.g., " ... tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine "



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    2: to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury;


      * e.g., " ... you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle "



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    3: to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness;


      * e.g., " ... he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu "



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     [ "recoup" ]

    1: verb (used with object)

      * e.g.,  ... I needed some money; so i decided to recoup, by buying some weed and selling it for a little bit more profit. 


     [ "recoup" ]

    2:  to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.


     [ "recoup" ]

    3:  to regain or recover.


     [ "recoup" ]

    4:  to reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses.


     [ "recoup" ]

    5:  Law. to withhold (a portion of something due), having some rightful claim to do so.


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    6: –verb (used without object)


     [ "recoup" ]

    7:  to get back an equivalent, as of something lost.


     [ "recoup" ]

    8:  Law. to plead in defense a claim arising out of the same subject matter as the plaintiff's claim.


     [ "recoup" ]

    9: –noun


     [ "recoup" ]

    10:  an act of recouping.

     [ "recouper trooper" ]

    1: A manly, light blue veichle, often mistaken for lilac, which transports the older oranges.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey, Georgina, look! It's the recouper trooper! *Honk honk*" 

     [ "REcoup" ]

    1: To instigate a coup on the coup that just took power due to broken promises and poor performance.

      * e.g.,  ... We needed to REcoup the recent coup that failed to live up to expectations. 

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