<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>To get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.</li><li>Synonyms: balance, retrieve, restore, recover.</li><li>To regain or recover.</li><li>To reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses.</li><li>Synonyms: remunerate, recompense.</li><li>Law: To withhold (a portion of something due), having some rightful claim to do so.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object)<ul><li>To get back an equivalent, as of something lost.</li><li>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.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act of recouping.</li></ul>