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Reimburse vs Makeup - What's the difference?

reimburse | makeup |

As a verb reimburse

is to compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

As a noun makeup is

(uncountable) an item's composition.

reimburse

English

Verb

(reimburs)
  • To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
    • The company will reimburse your expenses for the business trip.

    Derived terms

    * reimbursable * reimbursement * reimburser

    Related terms

    * bursa, bursar, bursary * purse

    Hypernyms

    * compensate, pay

    References

    English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    makeup

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) An item's composition.
    • To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup .
  • (uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to improve its appearance.
    • She is wearing a lot of makeup .
  • (Industry) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
  • * 2005 , William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology , page 1208:
    • When the water level drops, the float ball drops with it and opens the valve to the makeup water supply.

    Usage notes

    The alternative spelling make-up is favored by the Oxford Dictionary, and thus is often considered to be British, while makeup, being preferred by Merriam Webster's dictionary, is the generally accepted American spelling. In reference with Jean-Claude Corbeil/Ariane Archambault: Visual Dictionary, Look up a Word from a Picture, Find the Picture from a Word. (New York, USA / Oxford, UK, 1987)

    Hyponyms

    * See also

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