recoup

1. (intransitive, transitive)To make back (an investment or similar).

   He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.

   to recoup losses made at the gaming table

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   regain or make up for

2. (intransitive)To recover from an error.

3. (transitive)To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.

   A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.

4. (transitive)To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive voice.

1. He kept on gambling, trying in vain to recoup his losses.

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2. We've thrown an awful lot of money at that project, money I doubt we'll ever recoup.

   deMit dem Projekt haben wir mächtig viel Geld verbraten. Ich zweifle, ob wir das je wieder hereinholen.

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3. In order to recoup from the digital world, Tom and Mary spend their summer vacation in Germany in a dead zone.

   deUm sich von der digitalen Welt zu erholen, verbringen Tom und Mary ihren Sommerurlaub in einem deutschen Funkloch.

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