recoup

/ษนษชหˆkuหp/

IPA: /R IH0 K UW1 P/

verb
  1. 1

    To make back, as an investment.

    โ€œHe barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.โ€

  2. 2

    To recover from an error.

  3. 3

    To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.

    โ€œA landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.โ€

  4. 4

    To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recoup