Reimburse vs Reparation - What's the difference?
reimburse | reparation |
To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
(usually in plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).
* Dryden
The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
As a verb reimburse
is to compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.As a noun reparation is
fix, repair.reimburse
English
Verb
(reimburs)- The company will reimburse your expenses for the business trip.
Derived terms
* reimbursable * reimbursement * reimburserHypernyms
* compensate, payreparation
English
Noun
(en noun)- I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.
- the reparation of a bridge or of a highway