See Also: reimburse(medicine)
Reimburse(finance)
reimburse(dictionary)
reimburse(dictionary)

reimburse (iou)



reimburse verb trans. E17.
[from RE- + IMBURSE, after French rembourser.]
Repay (a sum of money spent); repay or recompense (a person). Also foll. by for, of, or double obj.
Ld Macaulay His friends..proposed to reimburse him the costs of his trial. refl.: Sir W. Scott Resolving to reimburse himself for his losses.
reimbursable adjective that is to be reimbursed; repayable: L18.
,reimbursa'bility noun (rare) the quality of being reimbursable L20.
reimburser noun E17.
reimbursement noun the action of reimbursing a sum or person; (a) repayment: E17.