If you receive reimbursementfor money that you have spent, you get your money back, for example because the money should have been paid by someone else.
[formal]
She is demanding reimbursement for medical and other expenses. [+ for]
It can take up to six months before reimbursements are paid.
Synonyms: repayment, compensation, refund, recompense More Synonyms of reimbursement
reimbursement in Insurance
(riɪmbɜrsmənt)
noun
(Insurance: General)
Reimbursement is payment of the expenses incurred as a loss covered by an insurance policy.
Pet insurance plans generally require customers to pay the vet bill first and thensubmit receipts for reimbursement.
The insurance provides reimbursement of the expenses actually incurred as a result of an accident or sickness that donot exceed any amount specified in the policy.
Reimbursement is payment of the expenses incurred as a loss covered by an insurance policy.
reimburse
Examples of 'reimbursement' in a sentence
reimbursement
The employer implements a business expense reimbursement program using credit cards.
Christianity Today (2000)
The player has already spent more on fees to me than the 20,000 tax liability if these reimbursements were income.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yet despite letters, e-mails and phone calls we have yet to receive reimbursement.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
reimbursement
British English: reimbursement NOUN
If you receive reimbursement for money that you have spent, you get your money back, for example because the money should have been paid by someone else.
She is demanding reimbursement for medical and other expenses.
American English: reimbursement
Brazilian Portuguese: reembolso
Chinese: 报销
European Spanish: reembolso
French: remboursement
German: Entschädigung
Italian: rimborso
Japanese: 返済
Korean: 배상
European Portuguese: reembolso
Latin American Spanish: reembolso
(noun)
It can take up to six months before reimbursements are made.
Synonyms
repayment
the repayment of subsidies made during that period
compensation
He received one year's salary as compensation for loss of office.
refund
They plan to demand a refund.
recompense
He demands no financial recompense for his troubles.
indemnification
Additional synonyms
in the sense of compensation
Definition
payment made as reparation for loss or injury
He received one year's salary as compensation for loss of office.
Synonyms
reparation,
damages,
payment,
recompense,
indemnification,
offset,
remuneration,
indemnity,
restitution,
reimbursement,
meed (archaic),
requital
in the sense of recompense
Definition
compensation for loss or injury
He demands no financial recompense for his troubles.
Synonyms
compensation,
pay,
payment,
satisfaction,
amends,
repayment,
remuneration,
reparation,
indemnity,
restitution,
damages,
emolument,
indemnification,
requital
in the sense of refund
Definition
return of money to a purchaser or the amount returned