[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to get back the equivalent of:to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.Synonyms: balance , retrieve , restore , recover", "to regain or recover.", "to reimburse or indemnify; pay back:to recoup a person for expenses.Synonyms: remunerate , recompense", "Law.to withhold (a portion of something due), having some rightful claim to do so."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to get back an equivalent, as of something lost.", "Law.(of a defendant in a lawsuit) to plead that one is owed, in the same matter, an amount by the plaintiff which applies against the payment of one’s own debt to the plaintiff."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act of recouping."]}]