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reimbursement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɹiː.ɪmˈbɜːs.mənt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of compensating someone for an expense.
    • The patient received full reimbursement for the cost of treatment.
    • seek reimbursement
    • medical reimbursement
    • Employees can claim reimbursement for travel expenses.
    • expense reimbursement

Forms

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Deriveds

nonreimbursement

Hypernyms

compensation · payment

Translations (23)

it rimborso (compensating someone for an expense) · cmn 報銷 /报销 (compensating someone for an expense) · bg връщане (compensating someone for an expense) · bg реимбурсиране (compensating someone for an expense) · fi korvaus (compensating someone for an expense) · bg възстановяване (compensating someone for an expense) · pl refundacja (compensating someone for an expense) · ru возмеще́ние (compensating someone for an expense) · sv ersättning (compensating someone for an expense) · fi takaisinmaksu (compensating someone for an expense) · et hüvitus (compensating someone for an expense) · he החזר כספי (compensating someone for an expense) · pl zwrot (compensating someone for an expense) · es reembolso (compensating someone for an expense) · bg обезщетение (compensating someone for an expense) · ca reemborsament (compensating someone for an expense) · pt reembolso (compensating someone for an expense) · tr zararı ödeme (compensating someone for an expense) · de Erstattung (compensating someone for an expense) · fr remboursement (compensating someone for an expense) · ko 변제 (compensating someone for an expense) · ro rambursare (compensating someone for an expense) · nl terugbetaling (compensating someone for an expense)