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発音

• IPA: /ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)s

動詞

reimburse (third-person singular simple present reimburses, present participle reimbursing, simple past and past participle reimbursed)

1. (transitive) To compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf.

   Synonym: (one sense, obsolete) imburse

   The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.

   • 2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Rudy, 15:35 from the start, in Penn Radio‎:

     You can tell this funny monkey story, but please keep and mind and tell people that the man who lost all his fruit to the monkeys was entirely reimbursed.

2. (transitive) To recoup (funds spent).
   • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados

     He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction. He makes no secret of hoping to reimburse his outlay.

上位語

• compensate, pay

派生語

関連する語

• bursa, bursar, bursary
• purse

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