reclaim
verb
[ rɪˈkleɪm ]
• retrieve or recover (something previously lost, given, or paid); obtain the return of.
• "you can reclaim £25 of the £435 deducted"
• bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation.
• "much of the Camargue has now been reclaimed"
reclaim
noun
• the action or process of reclaiming or being reclaimed.
• "VAT reclaim"
Origin:
Middle English (used in falconry in the sense ‘recall’): from Old French reclamer, from Latin reclamare ‘cry out against’, from re- ‘back’ + clamare ‘to shout’.
