释义 |
reˈcoupment [f. recoup v. + -ment.] The act of recouping or recompensing; the fact of being recouped for loss or expense. Formerly common with ref. to schemes of municipal improvement, which aimed at recouping the community for part of the expense incurred.
1839N.Y. State Supreme Court Rep. (Wendell XXII, 1840) 156 The offer came under the third category, recoupment. 1869Waterman Law of Set-off & Recoupment 468 It is evident that recoup or recoupment, in its original sense, was a mere right of reduction from the amount of the plaintiff's recovery. 1880Edin. Rev. Apr. 357 A claim for the recoupment of a fee of which he had not executed the conditions. 1888Act 51 & 52 Vict. c. 20 §5 The amount paid towards such recoupment shall be dealt with as purchase money of the land under this Act. 1905Daily Chron. 18 July 5/5 The full effect of ‘recoupment’ and ‘betterment’ would reduce it [sc. net cost]. 1953Words & Phrases (St. Paul, Minn.) XXXIX. 28/2 A ‘recoupment’ is a counterclaim arising out of the contract sued upon, whereas a ‘set-off’ is a counterclaim arising from an independent transaction. 1977Times Educ. Suppl. 21 Oct. 3/1 A nationwide recoupment scheme to equalize the burden of financing advanced further education. |