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单词 recoup
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Definition of recoup in English:

recoup

verb rɪˈkuːprəˈkup
[with object]
  • 1Regain (something lost or expended)

    重获,(失而)复得

    rains have helped recoup water levels

    雨水使水位得以恢复。

    sleep was what she needed to recoup her strength

    她需要睡一觉来恢复体力。

    no object he's just resting, recouping from the trial

    他只是休息一下,在预赛后恢复体力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only way to recoup what we have lost is with a workforce that can meet the challenges of a modern economy.
    • During the day we went swimming and sunbathing to recoup our strength.
    • Efforts will be made to recoup the lost teaching and learning time in the second term.
    • Three years ago he reminded readers that the Christian right was relying on a new public relations approach to recoup some of the ground it had recently lost.
    • And once signed away, privacy is hard to recoup.
    • After a severe workout all morning, Tash knew that she needed to recoup her strength before the afternoon or she was in danger of going crazy.
    • But patching a system won't recover stolen data, recoup competitive advantage or revive consumer confidence.
    • He has recouped a little of his lost global and domestic esteem with his work on Africa.
    • The company is trying to recoup lost ground by providing a full range of services at Air Force installations in Korea and Germany.
    • Once more, this country has recouped its liberty and we will all struggle to perfect and maintain it.
    Synonyms
    get back, regain, recover, win back, retrieve, repossess, redeem, make good
    rare recuperate
    1. 1.1 Regain (money spent) through subsequent profits.
      (尤指通过随后获利)收回,挣回(支出,损失的资金)
      oil companies are keen to recoup their investment

      石油公司渴望收回投资。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the absence of authorisation or ratification of the payment, the bank must in my judgment meet this claim and recoup the sum paid, if they can, from the third party to which it was paid.
      • We've already recouped our costs, and more, and are thrilled with performance, reliability and security.
      • Thus only a little over one third of the cost of maintaining the database is recouped by fees.
      • But if you do that, you will eliminate any chance of recouping your capital when the stock market recovers.
      • Belichick's ruling means Glenn will be able to recoup $125,000 in lost wages and fines.
      • The company's shareholder groups are preparing to challenge the government in an attempt to recoup their lost investments.
      • But not all of that money is easily recouped at resale.
      • According to them, a complete kitchen makeover recoups 80 percent of its cost.
      • It's unlikely that he could recoup his loss if he sold the property after the cleanup.
      • According to this thesis, the recent premium increases were due in large part to the insurance industry's need to recoup losses caused by the tumbling stock market and industry price wars.
      • There is currently no mechanism by which the full amount of the increase in land value can be recouped for the public domain.
      • In addition, the 77-store chain has had to sell $6-million of water-damaged merchandise to a salvage company, recouping about 12 cents on the dollar.
      • If you live in the West, chances are your electric bill subsidizes irrigation, a cost you're supposed to recoup from lower food prices at the grocery store.
      • This technique would provide a low-cost solution in a matter of hours and as a bonus the ticket sales would allow us to recoup some lost revenue.
      • On the contrary, they expected the demand to recover to former levels, or even better, thereby enabling them to recoup the losses they had sustained and, possibly, increase their profits.
    2. 1.2 Reimburse or compensate (someone) for money spent or lost.
      补偿,弥补(某人支出或损失的资金)
      the company turned to the real estate industry to recoup them
      Synonyms
      reimburse, refund, pay back, recompense, compensate, remunerate, square accounts with, settle up with, indemnify, pay off
    3. 1.3Law Deduct or keep back (part of a sum due)
      〔律〕扣除,扣留(应付款项的一部分)
      federal law allows them to recoup part of the damages
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The employer may recoup the sums paid from the state by making deductions from National Insurance contributions.
      • For example, depending upon whether or not the musician's albums made a profit, the fact that he hasn't received any royalties may not be determinative, if the agreement in question provided for the specialty company's right to recoup its expenses incurred in promoting and selling the albums, as a first charge against any profits received.
      • The Salary Packaging Section will then commence a single pre-tax deduction through the normal fortnightly payroll to recoup the amount.
      • It is clear that when it withheld money due under the contract it did so in order to recoup its losses.

Derivatives

  • recoupable

  • adjective
    • Two thirds of the grant aid the Council allocated under the scheme was recoupable from the State, he explained, and the remaining one third came from the local authority's own funding.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He suggested that perhaps the Government could make the grant aid 100% recoupable from the Department of Environment.
      • Forty per cent of the approved cost of water services for new residential development sites is recoupable by local authorities from my department under this initiative.
      • The band gets $200,000 in tour support, which is 100 percent recoupable.
      • Cllr Michael Abbey asked if the cost of half a million was recoupable or would the council have to bear the brunt of the entire cost.
      • Not always, but very often, these costs - hundreds of thousands of dollars - are recoupable against the artist's share of the record royalties.
  • recoupment

  • noun rɪˈkuːpm(ə)ntriˈkupmənt
    • It is noted by the Defendant that correspondence after 9th August 2002 refers to recoupment of an overpayment to the Claimant and to alterations in the rate of support payable to asylum seekers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The board would also be seeking to generate more income from items like services to other agencies, superannuation contributions, Social Welfare recoupment and collection of statutory charges.
      • The ‘depreciation’ charge was regarded as a recoupment of capital outlay.
      • And, as the secured creditor has consented to the payment, no recoupment of the money paid is possible.
      • The value, in effect, has been a recoupment of the price paid for the acquisition of the shares in the first place.

Origin

Early 17th century (as a legal term): from French recouper 'retrench, cut back', from re- 'back' + couper 'to cut'.

Rhymes

bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, roup, scoop, sloop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop

Definition of recoup in US English:

recoup

verbrəˈko͞oprəˈkup
[with object]
  • 1Regain (something lost or expended)

    重获,(失而)复得

    rains have helped recoup water levels

    雨水使水位得以恢复。

    sleep was what she needed to recoup her strength

    她需要睡一觉来恢复体力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Three years ago he reminded readers that the Christian right was relying on a new public relations approach to recoup some of the ground it had recently lost.
    • During the day we went swimming and sunbathing to recoup our strength.
    • Efforts will be made to recoup the lost teaching and learning time in the second term.
    • After a severe workout all morning, Tash knew that she needed to recoup her strength before the afternoon or she was in danger of going crazy.
    • The company is trying to recoup lost ground by providing a full range of services at Air Force installations in Korea and Germany.
    • But patching a system won't recover stolen data, recoup competitive advantage or revive consumer confidence.
    • Once more, this country has recouped its liberty and we will all struggle to perfect and maintain it.
    • He has recouped a little of his lost global and domestic esteem with his work on Africa.
    • And once signed away, privacy is hard to recoup.
    • The only way to recoup what we have lost is with a workforce that can meet the challenges of a modern economy.
    Synonyms
    get back, regain, recover, win back, retrieve, repossess, redeem, make good
    1. 1.1 Regain (money spent or lost), especially through subsequent profits.
      (尤指通过随后获利)收回,挣回(支出,损失的资金)
      oil companies are keen to recoup their investment

      石油公司渴望收回投资。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you live in the West, chances are your electric bill subsidizes irrigation, a cost you're supposed to recoup from lower food prices at the grocery store.
      • The company's shareholder groups are preparing to challenge the government in an attempt to recoup their lost investments.
      • It's unlikely that he could recoup his loss if he sold the property after the cleanup.
      • According to this thesis, the recent premium increases were due in large part to the insurance industry's need to recoup losses caused by the tumbling stock market and industry price wars.
      • This technique would provide a low-cost solution in a matter of hours and as a bonus the ticket sales would allow us to recoup some lost revenue.
      • We've already recouped our costs, and more, and are thrilled with performance, reliability and security.
      • There is currently no mechanism by which the full amount of the increase in land value can be recouped for the public domain.
      • In the absence of authorisation or ratification of the payment, the bank must in my judgment meet this claim and recoup the sum paid, if they can, from the third party to which it was paid.
      • Belichick's ruling means Glenn will be able to recoup $125,000 in lost wages and fines.
      • But not all of that money is easily recouped at resale.
      • In addition, the 77-store chain has had to sell $6-million of water-damaged merchandise to a salvage company, recouping about 12 cents on the dollar.
      • According to them, a complete kitchen makeover recoups 80 percent of its cost.
      • On the contrary, they expected the demand to recover to former levels, or even better, thereby enabling them to recoup the losses they had sustained and, possibly, increase their profits.
      • Thus only a little over one third of the cost of maintaining the database is recouped by fees.
      • But if you do that, you will eliminate any chance of recouping your capital when the stock market recovers.
    2. 1.2 Reimburse or compensate (someone) for money spent or lost.
      补偿,弥补(某人支出或损失的资金)
      Synonyms
      reimburse, refund, pay back, recompense, compensate, remunerate, square accounts with, settle up with, indemnify, pay off
    3. 1.3Law Deduct or keep back (part of a sum due).
      〔律〕扣除,扣留(应付款项的一部分)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is clear that when it withheld money due under the contract it did so in order to recoup its losses.
      • For example, depending upon whether or not the musician's albums made a profit, the fact that he hasn't received any royalties may not be determinative, if the agreement in question provided for the specialty company's right to recoup its expenses incurred in promoting and selling the albums, as a first charge against any profits received.
      • The Salary Packaging Section will then commence a single pre-tax deduction through the normal fortnightly payroll to recoup the amount.
      • The employer may recoup the sums paid from the state by making deductions from National Insurance contributions.

Origin

Early 17th century (as a legal term): from French recouper ‘retrench, cut back’, from re- ‘back’ + couper ‘to cut’.

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