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recoupment en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English recoup Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English recoupment From recoup + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement.
   • The doctrine of recoupment is of recent growth, hardly preceding in its origin the beginning of the present century. 1879, John Neilson Taylor, A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant, page 321:
2. (countable, uncountable) A reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part.

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