单词	reimburse
释义	reimbursere‧im‧burse /ˌriːəmˈbɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINreimburse Origin: 1600-1700 imburse ‘to pay’ (16-19 centuries), from Old French borser ‘to get money’ Verb Table VERB TABLE reimburse Simple Form Present I, you, we, they reimburse he, she, it reimburses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they reimbursed Present perfect I, you, we, they have reimbursed he, she, it has reimbursed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had reimbursed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will reimburse Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have reimbursed Continuous Form Present I am reimbursing he, she, it is reimbursing you, we, they are reimbursing Past I, he, she, it was reimbursing you, we, they were reimbursing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been reimbursing he, she, it has been reimbursing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been reimbursing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be reimbursing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been reimbursing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He wouldn't let me reimburse him for the cost of his journey. Pay for the hotel room when you leave, and the company will reimburse you later. We pay for any repairs that need doing to the house, and are reimbursed by the landlord. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Dively said he will be reimbursed the $ 2, 400 it will cost to train each worker in his 13-week program. Patients are reimbursed for 85% of the schedule fee for each item of general practitioner service and for specialist consultations outside hospitals. Stores accepting food stamps are reimbursed with money by the government. The firm then reimbursed the fund for the $ 200, 000 it had received from the fund for legal costs. The mark-up should be fair and reasonable, the speculator being reimbursed for both time and enterprise. They must also reimburse the company for any widening and road improvement carried out. When he returned to London it would take months of arguing with some scrupulous clerk of the Exchequer to get it reimbursed. Wilson tried, with little success, to get the federal government to reimburse the state for providing services to undocumented immigrants. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto pay back money that you owe someone► pay back to give someone back money that you have borrowed from them: pay somebody back: · I'll pay you back tomorrow.pay back something: · How are you going to pay back all that money?· He's paid back about half of what he owes us.pay back a loan/debt etc: · After graduation, the student must begin to pay back the loan. ► repay to pay a large amount of money that you owe, especially to a bank: · The loan has to be repaid within two years.· There were doubts about the country's ability to repay the debt.· My parents lent me the money to buy a car, and I repaid them over the next year. ► pay off to finish paying back an amount of money that you have borrowed: pay off a debt/loan/mortgage etc: · The mortgage will be paid off over twenty-five years.· He paid off the loan six months early.pay a debt/loan/mortgage etc off: · The country hopes to pay all its debts off within twenty years. ► pay up to pay money that you owe, especially when you do not want to or when you are late paying it: · If they don't pay up we will take legal action.· The company paid up eventually, but only after repeated threats and reminders. ► settle : settle an account/bill/loan etc to pay money that you owe someone - used especially in business contexts: · Please settle this account within two weeks.· I settled the bill and left the restaurant. ► clear to finally pay all the money that you owe, after some time or with some difficulty: · This cheque should clear my overdraft.· We're hoping that we can clear all our debts by the end of the year. ► give somebody their money back/give somebody a refund to give back to someone the money that they paid for something, especially because they are not satisfied with what they bought or there is something wrong with it: · We'll give you a refund if you're not entirely satisfied.· It's the wrong size. Do you think they'll give me my money back? ► reimburse formal to pay money to someone for something that they have had to pay for or have lost because of you: · Pay for the hotel room when you leave, and the company will reimburse you later.· He wouldn't let me reimburse him for the cost of his journey.· We pay for any repairs that need doing to the house, and are reimbursed by the landlord. ► rebate an amount of money that is paid back to you, especially because you have paid too much in taxes, rent etc. In American English a tax rebate is called a tax refund: · The Ford Citibank credit card offers a 5 percent rebate on the purchase of a new Ford car or truck.tax/rent rebate British: · We were delighted to hear that we were entitled to a tax rebate of over £1000. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► reimburse somebody’s expenses (=pay the money someone has spent for business purposes back to them)· Your expenses will usually be reimbursed within one month of receiving the claim. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► company · Some companies also reimburse costs incurred through premature termination of contracts for leased or rented housing as a result of the relocation.· Your company reimburses you for the whole trip.· Some companies reimburse workers for the cost of educational courses. ► cost · Some companies also reimburse costs incurred through premature termination of contracts for leased or rented housing as a result of the relocation.· This was an untruth-there had been a clear verbal agreement that he would be reimbursed for all his costs.· I would be pleased to reimburse any costs incurred.· Some companies reimburse workers for the cost of educational courses.· Scientists may also be reimbursed for the cost of attending international conferences.· So far the Government have not even given a commitment to reimburse the full cost of that. ► costs · Some companies also reimburse costs incurred through premature termination of contracts for leased or rented housing as a result of the relocation.· This was an untruth-there had been a clear verbal agreement that he would be reimbursed for all his costs.· I would be pleased to reimburse any costs incurred. ► expenses · There may be fixed allowances payable for accommodation and meals or firms may reimburse reasonable expenses.· Allstate failed to reimburse her for expenses in setting up her own agency in 1990, she said.· All reasonable interview expenses will be reimbursed.· You can reimburse all such expenses under the accountable plan rules, and the reimbursement is not a wage payment.· Owners of businesses are not permitted to reimburse their own travel expenses under the per diem rules. ► government · They worry that they will be forced to reimburse the federal government millions of dollars that went into investment bankers' pockets. formal to pay money back to someone when their money has been spent or lostreimburse somebody for something The company will reimburse you for travel expenses.—reimbursement noun [countable, uncountable]
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