re·im·burse [ r im búrss ](past and past participlere·im·bursed, present participlere·im·burs·ing, 3rd person present singularre·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)]
