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单词 recoupment
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recoupment


re·coup

R0090100 (rĭ-ko͞op′)v. re·couped, re·coup·ing, re·coups v.tr.1. a. To get back; recover or regain: recoup a loss; recoup one's dignity.b. To gain an amount equal to (an outlay or investment): expected to recoup the development costs in three years.c. To restore; replenish: "urged [her] to catch up on sleep and recoup her utterly spent resources" (Bernard Lown).2. To reimburse (someone) for a loss or expenditure.3. Law To reduce (the amount of a monetary claim made by a party in a legal action) because of a failure of that party to perform an obligation under the contract or law related to the claim.v.intr. To recover from loss or exhaustion; recuperate: needed to recoup after the strenuous campaign.
[Middle English recoupen, to cut short, from Old French recouper, to cut back : re-, re- + couper, to cut (from coup, blow; see coup).]
re·coup′a·ble adj.re·coup′ment n.
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Recoupment


Recoupment

To recover a loss by a subsequent gain. In Pleading, to set forth a claim against the plaintiff when an action is brought against one as a defendant. Keeping back of something that is due, because there is an equitable reason to withhold it. A right of the defendant to have a deduction from the amount of the plaintiff's damages, for the reason that the plaintiff has not complied with the cross-obligations or independent covenants arising under the same contract.

recoupment

n. the right of a defendant in a lawsuit to demand deduction from the amount awarded to plaintiff (party bringing the suit) a sum due the defendant from the plaintiff in the transaction which was the subject of the lawsuit. Example: Laura Landlord sues Tillie Tenant for nonpayment of rent, Tenant is entitled to deduct a deposit made at the commencement of the lease, or an amount Landlord received from re-renting the apartment before the lease expired. A recoupment is not the same as an "offset" (setoff) which can be money owed from any matter, including outside the lawsuit.

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