1A return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.

2The action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.

1. 2.1 The action of regaining or securing compensation or money lost or spent by means of a legal process or subsequent profits.
   debt recovery

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   • No arrests or recovery of the money have been made.
   • A number of jurisdictions allow for recovery of the cost of child rearing as an element of damages.
   • That is, if the customer already has spent the loan money, no recovery can get the money back!
   • The funder has already stated that it is not interested in financing any recoveries from the Defendants in the London actions.
   • By agreement between the parties, this trial dealt only with the claim by the Plaintiff for recovery of the real estate commission.
   • To pay such a premium where other more reasonable premiums are available may disentitle the litigant from making a full recovery of the costs of the premium.
   • There is no possibility of recovery of any money invested in this operation.
   • It is unreasonable to incur a premium that is disproportionate and to expect recovery from the defendant for the cost of covering risks that ought properly to be borne by your client.
   • The courts take the view that such a Defendant / Respondent ‘can secure itself’ against the risk of non recovery of costs.
   • The action in the county court for recovery of the expenses was held to be time-barred.
   • After the sale, and the recovery of the amount owing on the mortgage, including interest and costs, the guarantor will be liable for any shortfall.
   • It is a fundamental principle of recovery in tort that the injured party be compensated for the full amount of his or her loss, but no more.
   • The ‘declaration’ of permanent disability, it held, was sufficient in itself to allow the plaintiff recovery of the applicable benefits.
   • People who fail to take up the offer will face firm action, which may include legal proceedings or recovery of the debt from their accounts or other income sources.
   • The letter added that if the schedule was not adhered to in the future the debt would be passed to the legal department for recovery.
   • The plaintiffs commenced an action in private law for recovery of the money due.
   • Secondly Mr Hobbs submits that in an action for malicious falsehood recovery of damages is permitted even where there is no loss of reputation.
   • As you will appreciate we therefore had a legal duty to meet asbestosis claims with rights of recovery against the client, but such rights may have availed us nothing had the client run into financial difficulties.
   • We are dealing with a relatively small sum of money in terms of recovery.
   • The society added that abolishing the current system of debt recovery would discourage firms from advancing credit or lending money.
2. 2.2count noun An object or amount of money recovered.
   the recoveries included gold jewellery

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   • The recoveries included trucks, cars and two wheelers.
   • Pharmaceutical fraud recoveries included $704 million from one drug manufacturer and $435 million from another.
   • Her lawyer, who was guaranteed 30% of her recovery if she won, was also seeking to profit from her case.
   • In some cases their incentive is a 15% share of the legal recovery awarded by the courts.
3. 2.3 The action of taking a vehicle or aircraft that has broken down or crashed to a place for repair.
   as modifier a recovery vehicle

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   • The flashing orange lights of the recovery vehicle beam into my room as the mechanic continually revs the failing engine.
   • He added that it had not broken down, but had been involved in the recovery of another military vehicle prior to the collision.
   • The event itself is properly marshalled with backup and recovery vehicles.
   • Not all breakdown companies have access to the same number of recovery vehicles.
   • He said the soldiers had been involved in the recovery of another vehicle before the crash.
   • Fire crews made the area safe within an hour but roads leading to the smash were closed for several hours as specialist recovery vehicles travelled from as far afield as Cheshire and Leeds.
   • They will also assist with recovery of vehicles and assistance to people in emergencies.
   • A recovery vehicle drove the car back to Huddersfield and the couple are hoping to make a donation to the fire service as a way of thanks.
   • Salterforth Road was sealed off by police and guarded by an officer for more than three hours as recovery vehicles towed away the car and bus.
   • The police arrived and were satisfied that the vehicle was parked safely while the driver arranged for the safe transfer of passengers and the recovery of the vehicle.
   • Others needed the assistance of recovery vehicles to rescue them when the severe weather sent torrents of water cascading onto the roads of Kerry.
   • Vehicle recovery specialists were put to the test in Trowbridge on Saturday after two accidents within the space of an hour.
   • The operator advised our journalist that the recovery vehicle could take up to 75 minutes to reach her and she would receive a phone call 10 minutes before it was due to arrive.
   • The fire stations have aircraft recovery equipment, all-terrain vehicles, foam cannons on top of their firetrucks and specialised aviation fire training.
   • Lanes two and three of the westbound carriageway were closed to allow recovery of the vehicles.
   • The cost includes damage to road surfaces and the surrounding area, vehicle recovery and damage or destruction of street fixtures such as lamp posts and bins.
   • Police were called and a recovery vehicle had to turn out to free the wagon.
   • The road was closed from 7pm while recovery experts hauled the vehicle free of the road, with cars diverted on to the A64 and A162 via Tadcaster.
   • The recovery vehicle driver and the lorry driver were both in the recovery vehicle at the time of the crash, and escaped with minor injuries.
   • He also wants to establish a new vehicle recovery business on land at the back of the petrol station and put up a new security fence.
4. 2.4Golf count noun A stroke bringing the ball from the rough or from a hazard back on to the fairway or the green.
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   • The pressure appears to be getting to him after he follows a great recovery shot to the 16th green with three putts from 18 feet.
   • When preparing to hit a recovery shot from a sand bunker, make sure to keep the club elevated.
   • After a couple of perfect drives down the 18th, he was away first and hit a poor iron shot into the front of the bunker guarding the left side of the green, leaving him with a tricky recovery shot.
   • I hit a great recovery shot to within about 15 feet and two-putted for par.
   • I sprayed my drive, hit a recovery and chip and needed a par to shoot my first 79.
5. 2.5American Football count noun An act of regaining a dropped ball.
   he finished the season with three fumble recoveries and an interception

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   • In his first five games as a starter, Urlacher had 57 tackles, six sacks, one interception, and one fumble recovery.
   • The longest return they allowed this year was 40 yards, but that ended in a fumble recovery.
   • He had an interception, a sack and two pass breakups in Week 10, and had an interception, a sack, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery last week.
   • His numbers in 2001 were remarkable, including 117 tackles, six sacks, four tackles for a loss, three interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and one forced fumble.
   • Against Florida State in 2000, he finished the game with six tackles, an interception, and a fumble recovery.
   • The club has allowed four interceptions and three fumble recoveries to be returned for touchdowns, putting it at a major disadvantage game after game.
   • Reed was all over the field this year, as evidenced by his nine interceptions, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and 76 tackles.
   • They only had nine fumble recoveries and 10 interceptions in 2002.
   • All told, he had 27 interceptions and 15 fumble recoveries.
   • The victory was due in part to a record-tying five interceptions and a touchdown on a 67-yard fumble recovery.
   • The senior scored his first career touchdown on a 21-yard fumble recovery late in the second quarter.
6. 2.6 (in rowing, cycling, or swimming) the action of returning the paddle, leg, or arm to its initial position ready to make a new stroke.
   I have my heel below the pedal during the power stroke and above it during recovery

   as modifier the brace is used as a recovery stroke to avoid capsize

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   • The comparison with the release and recovery of the butterfly stroke is inevitable.
   • This exercise also plays a vital role in swimming during stroke recovery in the freestyle, butterfly and backstroke.
   • Here he shows excellent rotation, straight arm recovery with high shoulder position and a still head.
   • Once fully retracted, the limbs can then be feathered and brought forwards during a recovery stroke.
   • Second, the key to rowing is the ability of the appendage to generate more drag on the power stroke than recovery stroke.
   • It has been suggested that the smallest insects ‘swim’ through air with a downward power stroke and upward recovery stroke.
   • The pulling arm has finished its first stroke, and the shoulder is leading the way to the surface for the initial recovery.
   • This virtual rowing plate, then, has a distinct recovery stroke in which the resultant force is minimized and a power stroke in which the resultant force is maximized.
   • Another drill that can aid in the acceleration for recovery is swimming butterfly with a flutter kick.
   • In most birds the up-stroke of the wing is just a recovery stroke to get the wing back into position for the next down-stroke.
   • The shoulder can be put into a precarious position during the recovery and entry periods of the crawl and butterfly strokes.
   • Boxfishes and three-spine sticklebacks hover very well by oscillating their pectoral fins with large attack angles on both recovery and power strokes.
   • They make a whiplike power stroke followed by a slow, crawling recovery stroke.

3The process of removing or extracting an energy source or industrial chemical for use, reuse, or waste treatment.