recoupment

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noun

A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement.

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Meanings

nounrecoupment (countable and uncountable, plural recoupments)

plural recoupments

  1. countableuncountableA 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. countableuncountablelawA reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part.

Origin

From recoup + -ment.

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recoupment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recoupment

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Chicago

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