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reimbursement
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reimbursement has 1 sense
- reimbursement(n = noun.possession) Array - compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses" is a kind of compensation
has particulars: allowance, breakage, costs
Derived forms verb reimburse2, verb reimburse1
CIDE DICTIONARY
reimbursement, n. [Cf. F. rembursement.].
The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
reimbursement
amends, atonement, compensation, indemnification, kickback, making good, paying back, recompense, recoupment, redress, refund, refundment, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retribution, return, satisfaction, squaringROGET THESAURUS
reimbursement
Payment
N payment, defrayment, discharge, acquittance, quittance, settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement, acknowledgment, release, receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands, voucher, salary, compensation, remuneration (reward), repayment, reimbursement, retribution, pay, money paid, ready money, stake, remittance, installment, payer, liquidator, pay cash, pay cash on the barrelhead, paying, paid, owing nothing, out of debt, all straight, unowed, never indebted, to the tune of, on the nail, money down.
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