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reimburse
What does reimburse mean?
reimburse (verb): to compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use reimburse in a sentence?
- The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce reimburse?
/ˌɹiɪmˈbɝs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does reimburse come from?
1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to reimburse
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “reimburse” mean?
to compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf
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to destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out
Not quite: that's what obliterate means.
to take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract
Not quite: that's what withdraw means.
to assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument
Not quite: that's what postulate means.
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