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recoup verb [ rɪˈkuːp ]

• regain (something lost or expended).
• "rains have helped recoup water levels"
Similar: get back, regain, recover, win back, retrieve, repossess, redeem, make good, recuperate,
Origin: early 17th century (as a legal term): from French recouper ‘retrench, cut back’, from re- ‘back’ + couper ‘to cut’.

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