Recoup vs Refund - What's the difference?
recoup | refund |
To make back, as an investment.
To recover from an error.
(legal) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.
To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.
* Froude
* Duke of Argyll
To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
(obsolete) To supply again with funds.
(obsolete, rare) To pour back.
An amount of money returned.
In lang=en terms the difference between recoup and refund
is that recoup is to reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive while refund is to return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.As verbs the difference between recoup and refund
is that recoup is to make back, as an investment while refund is to return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.As a noun refund is
an amount of money returned.recoup
English
Verb
(en verb)- He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
- to recoup losses made at the gaming table
- A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
- Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost.
- Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom.
Derived terms
* recoupable * recoupmentAnagrams
*refund
English
Verb
(en verb)- A governor, that had pillaged the people, was sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. — L'Estrange.
- If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.
- to refund a railroad loan
- Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object. — Ray.
Noun
(en noun)- If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a refund.
