society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > bring in (a revenue) > from a previous financial loss (3)
transitive. To make up, make good, recover (an expense, deficiency, loss, arrears). Now rare.
transitive. To compensate for, recover (a loss or outlay).
transitive. To recover (a loss).