Object

• outlay: The money from the sale of the ROC's is used to recoup the capital outlay by Wind Direct.

• cost: Most bridges had used toll charges to recoup the cost of building them.

• loss: They'll be doing well simply to recoup losses, let alone expand.

• investment: The need to recoup the heavy investment made in Symbian will surely keep it alive in some quarters for some time.

• money: What is the best course of action to recoup the outstanding money?

• expense: The process can be slow and it can take years to recoup initial expenses.

Subject

• saving: It was available free and costs incurred by agents in adapting their own systems would, in his view, be recouped by savings.

Preposition: within

• year: The saving you make on your water heating bills means the cost can be recouped within a year.

• month: Cost to the client was kept low throughout, with all costs recouped within six months on energy saving alone.

Adjective complement

• most: He recouped most of the outlay when Hughie Baird returned north of the border in October, joining Aberdeen in an £ 11,000 deal.

Modifying Another Word

• quickly: Most of the outlay will be recouped quickly from existing orders.

• easily: We will easily recoup our set-up fees in the very near future.

• never: We're hoping to re-open in August, but we'll never recoup our losses.

• much: Hence we have recouped much of the summer's losses and look forward to 2006 with greater confidence.

• only: However, it claimed that the surcharge had only recouped around a third of the?60 million in extra fuel costs incurred last year.

• then: However the new owner will then recoup the repaid VAT.

Used with why or when

• what: However, the savings you make as a result mean you can recoup what you spend quite quickly.

• when: The cost of that takes about 15 years to recoup when set against a level annuity, and is very rarely used.

• that: To recoup that have car classic insurance ireland northern largely been neural networks are.

Preposition: by

• saving: It was available free and costs incurred by agents in adapting their own systems would, in his view, be recouped by savings.