Dictionary entries for 'reimburse'

Synonyms

refund
repay
restitute
compensate
indemnify
pay
recompense
redress
remunerate
repay
requite

re·im·burse (rḗĭm-bûrś)

[re–, + imburse, to put in a purse, pay (from French embourser) (from Old French) (en-, in) (from Latin in-; see in–²) (borser, to get money) (from borse, purse) (from Late Latin bursa, bag; see bursa).]

transitive verb: -bursed, -burs·ing, -burs·es.

To repay (money spent); refund.
To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred.

derivatives

réim·burśa·ble: adjective
réim·bursément: noun

transitive verb: -bursed, -burs·ing, -burs·es.

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition