reimburse

1610s, re- (“back”) +‎ imburse (“pay”) (imburse (literally “put in a purse”), circa 1530, now obsolete), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

reimburse (third-person singular simple present reimburses, present participle reimbursing, simple past and past participle reimbursed)

1. To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

   Synonym: (one sense, obsolete) imburse

   The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.

   • 2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Rudy, 15:35 from the start, in Penn Radio‎:

     You can tell this funny monkey story, but please keep and mind and tell people that the man who lost all his fruit to the monkeys was entirely reimbursed.

• compensate, pay

• reimbursable
• reimbursement
• reimburser

• bursa, bursar, bursary
• purse

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