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单词 reimbursable
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reimbursableadj.

Brit. /ˌriːᵻmˈbəːsəbl/, U.S. /ˌriᵻmˈbərsəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: reimburse v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < reimburse v. + -able suffix, after French remboursable (1577 in Middle French).
That is to be reimbursed; repayable.
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1754 tr. L. J. Plumard de Dangeul Remarks France & Great-Brit. 243 A loan made to the Government, in 1694, of the sum of 1.200,000 l sterling, at 8 per cent. reimbursable [Fr. remboursables] after 1705, gave birth to that great Company.
1792 A. Hamilton in Papers (1967) XIII. 265 Let the sum of 550,000 dollars be borrowed,..reimbursable within five years.
1813 Adams Centinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 23 June Treasury notes, which will become reimbursable in that year.
1866 H. Merivale in Life Whately I. 117 A measure was devised (1835) for the payment of arrears to the clergy by Government, reimbursable by a land-tax.
1912 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 6 660 Turkey..would be reimbursable for the construction of highways, canals, public works of every description she might have built before the Treaty of Berlin.
1957 V. Nabokov Let. 20 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1989) 203 Girodias offers to assume all expenses which will be reimbursable to him.
2000 Time 7 Feb. 69/2 Go in for a checkup not covered by your HMO, and your doctor may gin up a covered condition to make the visit reimbursable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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