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reimburse verb [ ˌriːɪmˈbəːs ]

• repay (a person who has spent or lost money).
• "the investors should be reimbursed for their losses"
Similar: compensate, recompense, refund, repay, square accounts with, settle up with,
Origin: early 17th century: from re- ‘back, again’ + obsolete imburse ‘put in a purse’, from medieval Latin imbursare, from in- ‘into’ + late Latin bursa ‘purse’.


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