reimburse
/ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip."
- "You can tell this funny monkey story, but please keep and mind and tell people that the man who lost all his fruit to the monkeys was entirely reimbursed."
- "He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction. He makes no secret of hoping to reimburse his outlay."
Etymology
1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).