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reimburse

re·im·burse [ r im búrss ] (past and past participle re·im·bursed, present participle re·im·burs·ing, 3rd person present singular re·im·burs·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
pay back money to somebody: to pay somebody back money spent for an official or approved reason or taken as a loan, or give somebody money as compensation for loss or damage

[Early 17th century. Formed from obsolete imburse "to pay, put in a purse," ultimately from Old French borse "purse," from medieval Latin bursa (source of English purse)]

re·im·burs·a·ble adjective
re·im·burse·ment noun
re·im·burs·er noun
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