transitive verb reimbursed -·bursed′, reimbursing -·burs′·ing

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

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