"reimbursement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɹiː.ɪmˈbɜːs.mənt/ Forms: reimbursements [plural]
Etymology: reimburse + -ment Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|reimburse|ment}} reimburse + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reimbursement (countable and uncountable, plural reimbursements)
  1. (business, management, accounting) The act of compensating someone for an expense. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting, Business, Management Hypernyms: compensation, payment Translations (compensating someone for an expense): връщане (vrǎštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), възстановяване (vǎzstanovjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), reemborsament (Catalan), 報銷 (Chinese Mandarin), 报销 (Bàoxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), hüvitus (Estonian), korvaus (Finnish), takaisinmaksu (Finnish), remboursement [feminine] (French), Erstattung [feminine] (German), החזר כספי (Hebrew), rimborso (Italian), 변제 (byeonje) (alt: 辨濟) (Korean), zwrot [masculine] (Polish), reembolso [masculine] (Portuguese), rambursare (Romanian), возмеще́ние (vozmeščénije) [neuter] (Russian), reembolso [masculine] (Spanish), ersättning (Swedish), zararı ödeme (Turkish)

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