reimbursable

Variant of reimburse

transitive verb reimbursed, reimbursing

  1. to pay back (money spent)
  2. to repay or compensate (a person) for expenses, damages, losses, etc.

Origin: re- + archaic imburse, to pay, after Fr rembourser < re-, again + embourser, to pay < en-, in + bourse, purse

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