| 单词 | reimburse |
| 释义 | reimburse (once / 3080 pages) v If you buy a basketball for your school team with your own money, and you ask your coach to reimburse you, you are asking him to pay you back. To reimburse is to compensate for an expense or loss. The person who collects money at a college is the bursar, a purse is where you store money, and reimburse means to pay money back. All three of these words share the Latin root bursa 'moneybag.' If you want to be paid back for overpaid tuition, ask the bursar, Mr. Moneybags, to reimburse you from the schools purse. WORD FAMILYreimburse: reimbursed, reimbursement, reimburses, reimbursing+/reimbursement: reimbursements USAGE EXAMPLESThey say that the state spends $20 million on legal notice advertising each year and that more than half is reimbursed by private business. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Congress recently appropriated $7 million to reimburse state and local law enforcement agencies for overtime costs associated with protecting Trump before his inauguration. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) If it is learned the money was misspent, officials should demand the state be reimbursed. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v pay back for some expense incurred Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel? Hyper give back, refund, repay, return pay back 2v reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss Syn|Hyper recoup compensate, recompense, remunerate make payment to; compensate |
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