- to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- to regain or recover.
- to reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses.
- to withhold (a portion of something due), having some rightful claim to do so.
- to get back an equivalent, as of something lost.
- (of a defendant in a lawsuit) to plead that one is owed, in the same matter, an amount by the plaintiff which applies against the payment of one’s own debt to the plaintiff.
- an act of recouping.
- to regain or make good (a financial or other loss)
- to reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
- to keep back (something due), having rightful claim to do so; withhold; deduct
