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Webster 1913 Edition

Recoupe

{

Re-coup′

,

Re-coupe′

}
(-k??p′)
,
Verb.
T.
[F.
recouper
; pref.
re-
re- +
couper
to cut.]
1.
(Law)
To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct;
as, where a landlord
recouped
the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction
.
2.
To get an equivalent or compensation for;
as, to
recoup
money lost at the gaming table; to
recoup
one’s losses in the share market
.
3.
To reimburse; to indemnify; – often used reflexively and in the passive.
Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might
recoup
herself at Philip's cost.
Froude.
Industry is sometimes
recouped
for a small price by extensive custom.
Duke of Argyll.

Definition 2024

recoupe

recoupe

See also: recoupé

English

Verb

recoupe ‎(third-person singular simple present recoupes, present participle recouping, simple past and past participle recouped)

  1. Archaic form of recoup.
    • 1855, Isaac Edwards, A treatise on the law of bailments (page 361)
      Under our former practice this defence could not be pleaded in bar, because it admits that the plaintiff has a right to sue, and seeks to recoupe damages on the ground that the plaintiff has failed to perform some stipulation in the contract […]

French

Verb

recoupe

  1. first-person singular present indicative of recouper
  2. third-person singular present indicative of recouper
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of recouper
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of recouper
  5. second-person singular imperative of recouper

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