reimburse

Meaning

Verb

To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

Related

Broader meaning words

compensate, pay

Origin

1610s, re- + imburse (imburse, circa 1530, now obsolete), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- + borser, from borse, from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).

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