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reimbursereimburse /ˌriɪmˈbɚs/ verb [transitive] formal ETYMOLOGYreimburseOrigin: 1600-1700 imburse to pay (16-19 centuries), from Old French borser to get money VERB TABLEreimburse |
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 |
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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 |
THESAURUSgive money► pay to give someone money for something you are buying: They ran off without paying. ► spend to use your money to buy or pay for something: He spent $75 on a new pair of shoes. ► refund if a business refunds a customer’s money, the business gives back the money the customer paid for something, especially because the customer is not satisfied with it: I took the phone back because it didn’t work, and the store refunded my money. ► tip to give an additional amount of money to someone who has done a job for you, as a way of thanking him or her: I usually tip waiters and waitresses 15% of the bill. ► reimburse to give someone the amount of money he or she paid to someone else: The company will reimburse me for the cost of travel to the conference. ► compensate to pay someone money because he or she has been injured or lost something important, or because his or her property has been damaged: The workers are asking to be compensated for injuries that they suffered at work. ► finance to provide the money needed to pay for something important or expensive, especially by doing something to earn or collect that money: The government used money from taxes to finance the construction of the tunnel. to pay money back to someone after he or she has had to spend that money for work or for an organization: reimburse somebody for something The company will reimburse you for travel expenses.► see thesaurus at pay1 [Origin: 1600–1700 imburse to pay (16–19 centuries), from Old French borser to get money] → refund—reimbursement noun [countable, uncountable] |