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Antonyms for reimburse

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-im-burs
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri ɪmˈbɜrs

Definition of reimburse

Origin :
  • 1610s, from re- "back" + imburse "to pay, enrich," literally "put in a purse" (c.1530), from Middle French embourser, from Old French em- "in" + borser "to get money," from borse "purse," from Medieval Latin bursa (see purse (n.)). Related: Reimbursed; reimbursing.
  • verb pay back something owed
Example sentences :
  • Whether the United States government should reimburse the losses of the Tories.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More
  • I will reimburse the poor and I will be a true Catharine to Henry.
  • Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer
  • The empress might at least reimburse me if she does nothing more.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • My capital in the firm, and my share of the profits, will reimburse you for about thirty thousand.
  • Extract from : « Desk and Debit » by Oliver Optic
  • All along he had been relying upon a "bonanza crop" to reimburse him.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • But, with the half price I was allowed to charge, and was paid, I cannot reimburse them.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • Then they do not propose to reimburse us for all that we have done, or to find us another settlement?
  • Extract from : « Mass' George » by George Manville Fenn
  • They contended, too, that he could reimburse himself from the products of the farm.
  • Extract from : « McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 » by Cyrus Macmillan
  • Barnby, our manager, will apply for it, unless the rector can reimburse us.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Feather » by Houghton Townley
  • You ask, how you may reimburse the expense of these trifles?
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson

Synonyms for reimburse

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