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as in compensation
payment to another for a loss or injury
the jury's award included a recoupment for emotional distress
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as in reclamation
the act or process of getting something back
almost immediately after the new contract was signed, the company began the recoupment of revenue lost during the strike
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Recent Examples of recoupment
The report further found that NASA has struggled to maintain and modernize its launch infrastructure, partially due to declining maintenance budgets and poor funding structures that prevent an equitable recoupment of costs from commercial providers leasing the launch facilities.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
24 June 2026
Still, recoupment is an increasingly tough milestone to reach, with only a handful of shows from this season have recouped thus far, with those limited to starry plays.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
Giant is the latest Broadway production to announce recoupment in recent days, following Every Brilliant Thing, Just In Time, and the tours of Kimberly Akimbo and The Outsiders.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
The judge said that House rules made no mention of potential fines or cost recoupments when an ethics committee recommended in December 2020 that Price be punished.
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ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
Citrus Memorial filed motions to stay recoupment during formal administration proceedings and collections were temporarily suspended.
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Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Because the bar for recoupment becomes lower, and so there’s less money spent, but also the aesthetic bar becomes lower.
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Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
15 Oct. 2025
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
24 June 2026
Still, recoupment is an increasingly tough milestone to reach, with only a handful of shows from this season have recouped thus far, with those limited to starry plays.
—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
Giant is the latest Broadway production to announce recoupment in recent days, following Every Brilliant Thing, Just In Time, and the tours of Kimberly Akimbo and The Outsiders.
—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
The judge said that House rules made no mention of potential fines or cost recoupments when an ethics committee recommended in December 2020 that Price be punished.
—
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
Citrus Memorial filed motions to stay recoupment during formal administration proceedings and collections were temporarily suspended.
—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Because the bar for recoupment becomes lower, and so there’s less money spent, but also the aesthetic bar becomes lower.
—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recoupment
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In addition to the monetary compensation and scholarship awards, pageantry is also helping the girls build confidence and learn key behavioral skills.
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Perhaps the Canucks will add a veteran defender to push their young blueliners for minutes, or target a reclamation project veteran at a conservative price point.
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Former Kings winger Viktor Arvidsson, who had a bounceback 2025-26, and perpetual reclamation project Patrik Laine could also hit the open the market.
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In 2022, a jury awarded Depp more than $10 million in damages, while Heard won one of her counterclaims and was awarded $2 million.
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Most kinds of lawsuit damages are taxable, including employment cases, property loss or damage, defamation, emotional distress, invasion of privacy, credit reporting and consumer cases, and many others.
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That in and of itself wasn’t noteworthy — ice after starts is a regular part of any pitcher’s recovery and arm care.
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Pressure is building for standard definitions of stress, resilience and recovery speed, along with more clinical partnerships as regulators pay closer attention.
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Alameda County supervisors voted Tuesday to create a permanent reparations committee for Black residents, moving a sweeping set of recommendations from study to the harder question of implementation.
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This vessel has a controversial past, built by Nazi Germany in 1935 as SSS *Horst Wessel*, named after a Nazi martyr, before being taken as war reparations by the US.
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“Recoupment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoupment. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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