reimburse

CEFRC1

/ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/

verb

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  1. 01

    verb

    To pay back money that someone spent.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To recoup (funds spent).

Examples

  • I'll reimburse you for the damage I did to your car.

  • Your school is so kind to reimburse you for the return airfare.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

  2. To compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf.

More examples

In context

  • The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.

  • He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction. He makes no secret of hoping to reimburse his outlay.

  • You can tell this funny monkey story, but please keep and mind and tell people that the man who lost all his fruit to the monkeys was entirely reimbursed.

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Origin

verb

1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).