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recoup

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Verb

  1. To make back (an investment or similar).
  2. To recover from an error.
  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.
  4. To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive voice.

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