reimburse

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf. transitive
    — The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.
  2. To recoup (funds spent). transitive
    — He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction. He makes no secret of hoping to reimburse his outlay.

词形变化

reimburses present,singular,third-person reimbursing participle,present reimbursed participle,past reimbursed past

词汇关系

近义词
compensate guerdon imburse recompense reimburse reprise
反义词
default
上位词
compensate pay
衍生词
reimbursability reimbursable reimbursal reimbursee reimbursement reimburser reimbursor unreimbursed
相关词
bursa bursar bursary purse

词源

1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).
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